thoroughgo

English

Alternative forms
  • thorough-go

Etymology

From Middle English thurhgon, from Old English þurhgān (“to go through, go over, pass through, pierce, penetrate, permeate, pervade”), equivalent to thorough- +‎ go. Cognate with Dutch doorgaan (“to go on, continue, go through, proceed”), German durchgehen (“to go through, pass through”).

Verb

thoroughgo (third-person singular simple present thoroughgoes, present participle thoroughgoing, simple past thoroughwent, past participle thoroughgone)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To go through.

Derived terms
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