forthgoing

noun, adj — 2 senses

forthgoing

noun

Etymology 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.

1

A going forth or utterance; a proceeding from or out.

  • the forthgoing of one Divine personagea. 1847, Thomas Chalmers, Notes on Hill's Lectures in Divinity:

forthgoing

adj

Etymology 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.

1

Going out or forth; departing.

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