for-

Morpheme

for-

Type

prefix

Denotation

(1) out, away, opposite; (2) completely, utterly, to exhaustion or destruction

Etymology

Old English for- and/or Old French fors; Latin foris

Evidence

forbid, forgo, forlorn, forsake, forstraught, forwearied

Notes

often confused with English For
homophone of fore-, For, Fore, Four

Homographs

For, For, Fo(u)r [Four, For]