English

foreface

From fore- + face.

Formed from fore- + face

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 *dʰeh₁k-

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Latin faciēs ‘form’

Late Latin facia

Old French face

Middle English face

English face

Today it means

noun The front portion of a dog's face; the muzzle.

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

Etymograph / foreface