forthgoing

Going out or forth; departing.

Adjective

  1. Going out or forth; departing.

Origin

From Middle English forthgoing, deverbal of forthgon (“to go forth, proceed”), from Old English forþgān (“to go forth, proceed”), from Proto-Germanic *furþa (“forward”), *gāną (“to go”), equivalent to forth- + going. Adjective from present participle of forthgo.

Forms

more forthgoing most forthgoing

Related

forthgo

Noun

  1. A going forth or utterance; a proceeding from or out.
    • the forthgoing of one Divine personage - a. 1847, Thomas Chalmers, Notes on Hill's Lectures in Divinity:

Forms

forthgoings

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of forthgo