English

foredune

From fore- + dune.

Formed from fore- + dune

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-

Dutch duin ‘a dune’

English dune

Today it means

noun A kind of dune ridge that runs parallel to the shore of a body of water.

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

Etymograph / foredune