English
foreapprove
From fore- + approve.
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 *bʰuH- ‘to be, become, grow, appear’
…
Latin probō ‘to approve, permit, commend’
Latin approbāre
Old French aprover
Middle English aproven ‘to prove’
English approve
Today it means
verb To approve beforehand.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / foreapprove