Etymograph

English

forecall

From fore- + call.

Formed from fore- + call

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-Germanic *kalzōną ‘to call’

Proto-West Germanic *kalʀōn

Old English ceallian ‘to call’

Old English *callian

Middle English callen ‘to call’

English call

Today it means

verb To call in advance.

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

Etymograph / forecall