English

foreform

From fore- + form.

Formed from fore- + form

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-

Latin fōrma ‘shape’

Old French forme ‘shape’

Middle English forme ‘shape’

English form

Today it means

noun An early or previous form; protoform

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

Etymograph / foreform