English

forecatch

From fore- + catch.

Formed from fore- + catch

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-

Latin capiō ‘to take’

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Late Latin captiō

Old French chacier

Anglo-Norman cachier

Middle English cacchen

English catch

Today it means

verb To catch beforehand or in advance.

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

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