English

foreappoint

From fore- + appoint.

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-

Old French apointier ‘to prepare, arrange, lean, place’

Middle English apointen

Today it means

verb To appoint beforehand.

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

Etymograph / foreappoint