English
fore-mast
From fore- + mast.
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 *mazdos ‘pole, mast’
Proto-Germanic *mastaz ‘mast, sail-pole’
Proto-West Germanic *mast
Old English mæst
Middle English mast
English mast
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fore-mast