English
forecasting
Forecasting comes from Middle English forcastyng.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500forcastyng
- Englishearliest quotation 1852forecasting
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500forcastyng
- Englishearliest quotation 1852forecasting
Earliest quotation: 1852, The Dublin University Magazine: “There were sneers, and scoffs, and inuendoes of some;…”
Every English word from Middle English forcastyng
Today it means
noun A forecast or prediction.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English forcastyng / forecasting