forthgoing

From Middle English forthgoing, deverbal of forthgon (“to go forth, proceed”), from Old English forþgān (“to go forth, proceed”), from Proto-Germanic *furþa (“forward”), *gāną (“to go”), equivalent to forth- +‎ going. Adjective from present participle of forthgo.

forthgoing (plural forthgoings)

1. A going forth or utterance; a proceeding from or out.
   • a. 1847, Thomas Chalmers, Notes on Hill's Lectures in Divinity:

     the forthgoing of one Divine personage

forthgoing (comparative more forthgoing, superlative most forthgoing)

1. Going out or forth; departing.

• forthgo

forthgoing

1. present participle and gerund of forthgo