'forget' originates from Old English, specifically the word 'forgietan,' where 'for-' meant 'away, opposite' and 'gietan' meant 'to grasp or get.'

'forgietan' changed from the Old English word 'forgietan' and eventually became the modern English word 'forget'.

Initially, it meant 'to lose the power of recalling,' but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'to fail to remember.'