forwork

Meaning

Verb

• To forfeit (a possession, privilege, etc.); ruin (oneself) by one's own conduct.
• To obstruct; barricade; block.
• To do wrong to; injure; scathe.
• To overwork; exhaust with toil.

Origin

• From Middle English forwirken, forwerken, forwurchen, from Old English forwerċan, forwyrċan, from Proto-Germanic *frawurkijaną, equivalent to for- + work. Cognate with Dutch verwerken, German verwirken, Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽.