English

forecry

Perhaps a back-formation from forecrier; or from fore- + cry.

Formed from fore- + cry

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-

Vulgar Latin *crītāre ‘to cry out’

Old French crier ‘to cry out, shout’

Middle English crien ‘to weep or cry in sorrow’

English cry

Today it means

verb to cry forth; proclaim aloud; announce publicly

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