English
foregate
Foregate comes from Middle English foregate.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500foregate
- Englishearliest quotation 1722same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500foregate
- Englishearliest quotation 1722same form
Earliest quotation: 1722, William Camden: “The Lower town which joins to this, is fortified…”
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-Germanic *gatą ‘hole, opening’
Proto-West Germanic *gat ‘opening, gate’
Old English ġeat ‘gate, door’
Middle English gate ‘gate’
English gate
Every English word from Middle English foregate
Today it means
noun A main entrance or front gate.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English foregate / foregate