English

fore-answer

From fore- + answer.

Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘before, formerly’

Proto-Germanic *fura- ‘before, in front of, for’

Proto-West Germanic *forē- ‘before, in front of, fore-, pre-’

English fore-

Old English andswaru ‘answer’

Middle English answere ‘a response to a query’

Today it means

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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / fore-answer