Etymograph

English

foredestiny

fore- + destiny

Formed from fore- + destiny

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-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand’

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Latin *stanō

Latin dēstinō ‘to establish, determine, resolve, consider,…’

Old French destinee ‘fate’

Middle English destine

English destiny

Today it means

noun Predestination; destiny.

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

Etymograph / foredestiny