Etymograph

English

foreannounce

From fore- + announce.

Formed from fore- + announce

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-

Latin nūntius ‘messenger, bearer of news’

Latin nūntiō ‘report, relate’

Latin adnūntiō ‘to announce, make known, report, proclaim,…’

Latin annūntiō

Old French anoncier ‘to announce’

English announce

Today it means

verb To announce beforehand or in advance.

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

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