English
straightforth
From straight + forth.
A compound of straight + forth
Proto-West Germanic *strakkjan ‘to stretch’
Old English streċċan ‘to stretch’
Middle English strecchen ‘to stretch’
Middle English streight ‘straight’
English straight
Today it means
adv directly
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “straightforth”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / straightforth