Middle English word forbrinnen comes from Old English for-, Old English biernan ((intransitive) To burn.), Old English forbærnan, Middle English forbyrnan, Old English forbeornan

Detailed word origin of forbrinnen

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
for-	Old English (ang)	Forming verbs from verbs with various senses especially ‘wrongly, away from, astray, abstention, prohibition, perversion, destruction’. Used to create intensified adjectives and verbs from other adjectives and verbs, with the sense of completely or fully. Compare Modern English use of up. Very.
biernan	Old English (ang)	(intransitive) To burn.
forbærnan	Old English (ang)
forbyrnan	Middle English (enm)
forbeornan	Old English (ang)
forbiernan	Old English (ang)	To burn up, burn away, be consumed by fire.
forburnen	Middle English (enm)

Words with the same origin as forbrinnen