English

for good

/fə ˈɡʊd/
In a way that is conclusive and final.

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    Origin

    From for (“over (a period of time)”, preposition) + good (“of an action: complete, thorough, utter”, adjective).

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    • partEnglishfor “Because.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishfor
        • inheritedOld Englishfor
    • partEnglishgood “Acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishgood “good”
        • inheritedOld Englishgōd “a good thing, advantage, benefit, gift; good, goodness, welfare; virtue, ability, doughtiness; good…”
        • derivedMiddle Englishgoot “goat”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishgoode “good, well”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishgoden
        • inheritedOld Englishgōdian “to improve, get better; make better; endow, enrich”
      • inheritedMiddle English*goden

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