Etymograph

English

foreboder

From forebode + -er.

A compound of forebode + -er

Proto-Germanic *furaibudōną ‘to proclaim, lere, instruct’

Old English forebodian ‘to announce, declare, forebode’

Middle English foreboden

English forebode

Today it means

noun an oracle; one who tells the future.

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

Etymograph / foreboder