English

foreday

Foreday comes from Middle English *foreday.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Earliest quotation: 1847, c. 1200, Frederic Madden: “This same token should be of Luces the emperor,…”

Formed from fore- + day

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-

Proto-Germanic *dagaz

Proto-West Germanic *dag

Old English dæġ ‘day’

Middle English day ‘a day’

English day

From Middle English *foreday (attested only in plural foredais), equivalent to fore- + day.

Every English word from Middle English *foreday

noun Past or former days

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