Aforth

Part of speech: adverb

Definitions

1. Archaic adverb meaning onward or forward in direction, away from a starting point or place
2. An old-fashioned adverb describing movement ahead or outward from where something stands
3. Used in older English to mean going forth, advancing onward, or proceeding out into the open

Etymology: "Aforth" is an archaic English adverb meaning "forth" or "forward," and it is formed simply from the prefix "a-" and the word "forth." The prefix "a-" here is the Old English "on" or "in," as in "aside," "ashore," or "aloft," so the whole word means roughly "onward" or "out into view." "Forth" itself goes back to Old English "forþ," related to "fore" and "further," and carries the basic sense of moving ahead in space or time. Its use in English stretches back more than a thousand years, while "aforth" survived mostly in older poetry and religious writing, where it adds a slightly archaic, emphatic tone to the same idea.

Synonyms: forth, forward