English

foredoor

From fore- + door.

Formed from fore- + door

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 *durz ‘door’

Proto-West Germanic *dur ‘door’

Old English duru

Middle English dore ‘a door or gate’

English door

Today it means

noun A door located at the fore part of a house or dwelling; front door.

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

Etymograph / foredoor