English

forefeel

From fore- + feel.

Formed from fore- + feel

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-West Germanic *fōlijan ‘to feel’

Old English fēlan ‘to feel’

Middle English felen

English feel

Today it means

verb To feel or perceive beforehand or in advance; to have a presentiment of.

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

Etymograph / forefeel