English
forefeast
From fore- + feast.
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 *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’
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Latin festum ‘holiday, festival, feast’
Late Latin festa ‘party, feast’
Old French feste ‘party’
Middle English feeste
English feast
Today it means
noun A lesser religious festival that leads up to another more significant festival.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / forefeast