English
aforeset
From afore- + set.
Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’
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Proto-Germanic *satjaną ‘to set’
Proto-West Germanic *sattjan ‘to set’
Old English settan ‘to set’
Middle English setten ‘to seat’
English set
Today it means
adj Set or determined in advance.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / aforeset