Etymograph

English

foredraw

From fore- + draw.

Formed from fore- + draw

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 *draganą ‘to carry’

Proto-West Germanic *dragan ‘to carry’

Old English dragan ‘to drag’

Middle English dragen ‘to drag’

English draw

Today it means

verb To draw beforehand or in advance; draw forward.

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

Etymograph / foredraw