English
forecutter
Forecutter may come from Middle English *forecuttere.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*forecuttereuncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1895forecutter
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*forecuttereuncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1895forecutter
Earliest quotation: 1895, Commercial Relations of the United State: “In front of each of these is a forecutter…”
Every English word from Middle English *forecuttere
Today it means
noun One who, or that which prepares by cutting
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English *forecuttere / forecutter