Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Uncommon; out of the ordinary; extraordinary; superior.
Past; by; beyond. · Uncommonly; exceptionally.
Beyond; past; more than; greater than; over and above; moreover. · Past; gone by; over. · Near; beside; by, close to. · On one side; out of the way.
From Middle English forby, forbi, of Middle Low German or North Germanic origin, equivalent to fore- + by. Compare Saterland Frisian foarbie (“beyond, past”), West Frisian foarby (“over, beyond, past”), Dutch voorbij (“beyond, past”), Low German vörbi, vörbie (“over, up, gone, finished, past”), German vorbei (“over, gone, past”), Danish forbi, Swedish förbi. More at fore, by.
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