English
forebite
From fore- + bite (verb).
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 *bʰeyd- ‘split’
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Proto-Germanic *bītaną
Proto-West Germanic *bītan ‘to bite’
Old English bītan
Middle English biten ‘to bite’
English bite
Today it means
verb To bite beforehand or in front.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / forebite