English

forefence

From fore- + fence.

Formed from fore- + fence

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 *gʷʰen- ‘to strike, slay, kill’

Old French defens

Middle English fence

English fence

Today it means

noun A defense at the front.

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

Etymograph / forefence