English
foreacre
From fore- + acre.
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 *h₂éǵros ‘field’
Proto-Germanic *akraz ‘field’
Proto-West Germanic *akr ‘field, open land’
Old English æcer ‘field where crops are grown’
Middle English acre
English acre
Today it means
noun The headland of a ploughed field; the land at the ends of a field where the furrows cross.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / foreacre