English

foredecree

fore- + decree

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 dēcrētum

Old French decré

Middle English decre ‘an instrument carrying a legal decision’

Today it means

verb To decree in advance.

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

Etymograph / foredecree