From Middle English forthgon, forthgan, from Old English forþgān ("to go forth, advance, proceed, pass by, go away, go on, precede, succeed"), from Proto-Germanic *furþą ("forth"), *gāną, equivalent to forth- + go. Cognate with Dutch voortgaan ("to continue, proceed, go ahead"), German fortgehen ("to go away, leave, depart, blin"), Swedish fortgå ("to continue, go on, proceed").
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