English

fore-end

Fore-end comes from Middle English for-ende.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Formed from fore- + end

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-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘face, forehead, front’

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Proto-Germanic *andijaz ‘end’

Proto-West Germanic *andī ‘end’

Old English ende ‘end’

Middle English ende ‘end’

English end

Every English word from Middle English for-ende

noun The forward-facing end of an object; front end.

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