fordo C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes US /fɔrˈdu/ UK /fɔːˈduː/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 verb to destroy, undo, or exhaust utterly Grief and want had nearly fordone the old man by winter's end. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to destroy, undo, or... destroyruinundoexhaustovercomekill ↔ Opposites createbuildrestore Word family Derived forms fordone Related forms doundo Etymology AI details From Old English fordon ('to destroy, undo, ruin'), combining the intensive/privative prefix for- with don ('to do'). Now archaic and chiefly poetic. fordon Old English don Old English *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Actions & Processes External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # fordo **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /fɔrˈdu/ **IPA (UK):** /fɔːˈduː/ ## Meanings 1. to destroy, undo, or exhaust utterly ## Examples - Grief and want had nearly fordone the old man by winter's end. ## Synonyms - destroy - ruin - undo - exhaust - overcome - kill ## Antonyms - create - build - restore ## Derived Forms - fordone ## Related Forms - do - undo ## Roots and Affixes - Root: fordon - Root: don - Root: *dʰeh₁- ## Etymology From Old English fordon ('to destroy, undo, ruin'), combining the intensive/privative prefix for- with don ('to do'). Now archaic and chiefly poetic. ## AI Etymology Fordo comes from Old English fordon ('to destroy, undo, ruin'), combining the intensive/privative prefix for- with don ('to do'). Now archaic and chiefly poetic. The etymological trail includes Old English fordon, Old English don, and Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-. As a verb, fordo means to destroy, undo, or exhaust utterly. The same family is visible in derived forms such as fordone and related forms such as do and undo. The analysis is partly morphological, with the modern form built from the elements named in the history. ## Topics - Actions & Processes markdown