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forefather

noun
/ˈfɔːˌfɑːðə/UK/ˈfɔɹˌfɑːðɚ/US

Etymology

From Middle English forefader, forfader, vorvader, from Old English forefæder (“forefather”), but possibly also merged with Old Norse forfaðir. Equivalent to fore- + father. Compare Dutch voorvader (“forefather”), German Vorvater, Vorfahr (“forefather”), Danish forfader (“forefather”), Swedish förfader (“forefather”).

  1. derived from forfaðir
  2. inherited from forefæder — “forefather”
  3. inherited from forefader

Definitions

  1. An ancestor.

  2. A cultural ancestor

    A cultural ancestor; one who originated an idea or tradition.

The neighborhood

Derived

forefatherly

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for forefather. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA