for-

French

prefix
Definitions
  • nonproductive prefix used to express error, exclusion, or inadequacy.

Etymology

Inherited from Old French for- inherited from Latin forīs (outside) derived from Proto-Germanic *fur- (for-) derived from Proto-Indo-European *pro- (before, toward, forward, for, in front of, forth).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*pro-

Gloss

before, toward, forward, for, in front of, forth

Concept
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Other

Kanji

前

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