The Etymology of Forward

nemski

12 years ago

I thought Lou Dobbs was dead. He’s not. Worse yet, he has a blackboard and he’s going give us some learning.

Here’s the link to the Washington Times blog post he was talking about.

BTW, if you want the true etymology of forward

O.E. forewearde “toward the front;” see fore + -ward. The verb is first recorded 1590s, “to help push forward;” meaning “to send (a letter, etc.) on to another destination” is from 1757. Related: Forwarded; forwarding. Adj. sense of “early” is from 1520s; that of “presumptuous” is attested from 1560s. The noun was in O.E., “the fore or front part” of something. The position in football so called since 1879.