Origin: Germanic Old English prefix
Definition, synonyms and related words
simple past tense of forget
"I forgot my umbrella, so I got completely soaked when it started raining."
In plain English: To forget means to lose something from your mind so you can't remember it anymore.
"I forgot to buy milk on my way home from work."
Usage: Use "forgot" only as the simple past tense of the verb "to forget" to describe an action that did not happen in the past. Do not use it as the present participle; instead, say "forgetting" when describing an ongoing action or a state occurring now.
Fogot is an archaic past tense form of forget, derived from Old English forgotton, which combines for- (completely) and gietan (to get or remember). It originally meant to have completely lost memory of something.