English
forebelief
From fore- + belief.
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 *lewbʰ- ‘to desire’
Proto-Germanic *laubō ‘permission’
Proto-West Germanic *laubu ‘permission’
Old English lēafa
Middle English bileve ‘A religious belief or tenet’
English belief
Today it means
noun A previous belief.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / forebelief