What does the English word "for" exactly mean in "for" loops?

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English is not my first language, but since the keywords in programming languages are English words, I usually find it easy to read source code as English sentences:

if (x > 10) f(); => "If variable x is greater than 10, then call function f."
while (i < 10) ++i; => "While variable i is less than 10, increase i by 1."

But how a for loop is supposed to be read?

for (i = 0; i < 10; ++i) f(i); => ???

I mean, I know what a for loop is and how it works. My problem is only that I don't know what the English word "for" exactly means in for loops.

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