English
foreclosee
From foreclose + -ee.
Formed from foreclose + -ee
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh₂w-
Old English forclȳsan ‘to close up’
Middle English forclusen ‘to close up’
Old French forclos
Middle English foreclosen
English foreclose
Today it means
noun A person whose house is being foreclosed on.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / foreclosee