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== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fɔːθ/, /fəθ/ (General American) IPA(key): /fɔɹθ/, /fɚθ/ (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /fo(ː)ɹθ/, /fɚθ/ (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /foəθ/, /fəθ/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)θ, -ə(ɹ)θ Homophone: fourth === Etymology 1 === From Middle English forth, from Old English forþ, from Proto-West Germanic *forþ, from Proto-Germanic *furþą, from Proto-Indo-European *pŕ̥-to-, from *per-. Cognates include Dutch voort and German fort. See also ford. ==== Adverb ==== forth (not comparable) (formal, archaic) Forward in time, place or degree. 1709-1725, John Strype, Annals of the Reformation in England: say forth (formal, archaic) Out into view; from a particular place or position. (obsolete) Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out. ===== Synonyms ===== fromward ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Preposition ==== forth (obsolete) Forth from; out of. === Etymology 2 === From fourth; compare forty. ==== Adjective ==== forth Misspelling of fourth. ==== Noun ==== forth Misspelling of fourth. === Anagrams === froth == Old Saxon == === Alternative forms === forð === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *furþą, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥to-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɔrθ/ === Adverb === forth forwards, forth; onward === Preposition === forth forward to, up to ==== Descendants ==== Middle Low German: fort, vort German Low German: foort → Danish: fort → Norwegian: fort → Swedish: fort