forsake

Meaning

Verb

• To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something).
• To decline or refuse (something offered).
• To avoid or shun (someone or something).
• To cause disappointment to; to be insufficient for (someone or something).

Origin

• + *sakaną (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g-). The English word can be analysed as for- + sake, and is cognate with Saterland Frisian ferseeke, West Frisian fersaakje, Dutch verzaken, Middle High German versachen, Danish forsage, Swedish försaka, Norwegian forsake, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽, .