Etymograph

English

forebooth

From fore- + booth.

Formed from fore- + booth

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’

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Proto-Germanic *bōþō ‘building, hut’

Old Norse búð ‘a temporary building, tent, booth’

Old East Norse *bóð

Middle English bothe ‘a store, kiosk or booth, especially a…’

English booth

Today it means

noun A booth positioned near the front; foreshop

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

Etymograph / forebooth