English
fore-flood
Fore-flood comes from Middle English foreflod.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500foreflod
- Englishearliest quotation 1838fore-flood
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500foreflod
- Englishearliest quotation 1838fore-flood
Earliest quotation: 1838, John Purdy: “In the Wieling the fore-flood runs in-shore in a…”
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 *pleh₃(w)- ‘to swim, flow’
Proto-Germanic *flōduz ‘river’
Proto-West Germanic *flōdu ‘river’
Old English flōd ‘flowing of the tide’
Middle English flod ‘a river; a waterbody that moves in one direction’
English flood
Every English word from Middle English foreflod
Today it means
noun The period when the tide is rising; incoming tide.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English foreflod / fore-flood