forth

Etymology 1

From Middle English forth, from Old English forþ, from Proto-Germanic *furþą, from Proto-Indo-European *pŕ̥-to-, from *per-. Cognate with Dutch voort. See also ford.

adv

1. Forward in time, place or degree.
   From this time forth, I never will speak word.
   1709-1725, John Strype, Annals of the Reformation in England say forth
2. Out into view; from a particular place or position.
   The plants in spring put forth leaves.
   The robbers leapt forth from their place of concealment.
3. (obsolete) Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out.

prep

1. (obsolete) Forth from; out of.
   Some forth their cabins peepe. a. 1631, John Donne, The Storme

Etymology 2

From fourth; compare forty.

adj

1. Misspelling of fourth.

noun

1. Misspelling of fourth.