fordo

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US /fɔrˈdu/ UK /fɔːˈduː/ See IPA manual

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1

verb
to destroy, undo, or exhaust utterly

Grief and want had nearly fordone the old man by winter's end.

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1 verb · to destroy, undo, or... destroy ruin undo exhaust overcome kill

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create build restore

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Derived forms fordone

Related forms do undo

Etymology

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

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# 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.

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