forthbring

Meaning

Verb

• To bring forth; bring out; produce.

Origin

• From Middle English forthbringen, from Old English forþbringan ("to bring forth, produce, bring to pass, accomplish, bring forward, adduce, quote"), from Proto-Germanic *furþą ("forward, forth") + *bringaną, equivalent to forth- + bring. Cognate with Dutch voortbrengen ("to produce, generate, create"), German fortbringen ("to carry forth, carry away").