forget
English
/fəˈɡɛt/, /fɚˈɡɛt/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To lose remembrance of.
- (transitive) To unintentionally not do, neglect.
- (transitive) To unintentionally leave something behind.
- (intransitive) To cease remembering.
- (slang) fuck, screw a mild oath.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English forgeten inherited from Old English forġietan (forget) inherited from *fragetan (forget, lose hold of, give up) prefix from English get root from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (seize, take, grasp, hold).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʰed-
Gloss
seize, take, grasp, hold
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beget English
- emprise English
- forgetful English
- forgetfully English
- forgetfulness English
- forgetness English
- forgettability English
- forgettable English
- forgettableness English
- forgettably English
- forgettance English
- forgetter English
- forgettest English
- forgetteth English
- get English
- get-go English
- get-nothing English
- getcha English
- gettable English
- getter English
- gettest English
- getteth English
- getup English
- misapprehend English
- misapprehension English
- misget English
- overget English
- reget English
- reprehend English
- underget English
- unforget English
- unforgetful English
- unforgettable English
- unforgettableness English
- unforgettably English
- unget English
- -ilis Latin
- apprehendere Latin
- apprehendo Latin
- apprehensionis, apprehensio Latin
- comprehendere Latin
- comprehendo Latin
- comprehensiō Latin
- hedera Latin
- praeda Latin
- praeda, praedam Latin
- prehendo Latin
- prehensio Latin
- prehensionis, prehensio Latin
- prehensiōnem Latin
- prendere Latin
- reprehensionis, reprehensio Latin
- Vergessenheit German
- pflichtvergessen German
- unvergessen German
- vergessen German
- vergesslich German
- vergeetachtig Dutch, Flemish
- vergeetput Dutch, Flemish
- vergeten Dutch, Flemish
- жуть Russian
- χανδάνω Ancient Greek
- *gʰed- Proto-Indo-European
- *bigetaną Proto-Germanic
- *getaną Proto-Germanic
- förgäta Swedish
- ゲット Japanese
- forgietan Old English
- forġietan Old English
- *forgetful Middle English
- forgeten Middle English
- forgetenes Middle English
- geten Middle English
- reprise Old French
- forgesi Esperanto
- เก็ต Thai
- vergeten Middle Dutch
- vergēten Middle Dutch
- firgezzan Old High German
- vergezzen Old High German
- vergeet Afrikaans
- entreprise Middle French
- repris Middle French
- *fragetan gmw-pro
- fargetan Old Dutch
- *gendis Proto-Celtic
- fargetan Old Saxon
- forgæta Old Swedish
- forget Scots
- forgettle Scots
- forieta Old Frisian
- forjeta Old Frisian
- get
- unget
- beget
- getup
- reget
- getcha
- misget
- getter
- get-go
- getteth
- overget
- gettest
- emprise
- unforget
- gettable
- underget
- forgetful
- forgetter
- reprehend
- forgetteth
- forgettest
- forgetness
- forgettable
- unforgetful
- get-nothing
- forgettably
- forgetfully
- forgettance
- misapprehend
- unforgettable
- forgetfulness
- unforgettably
- forgettability
- misapprehension
- forgettableness
- unforgettableness