English
foregive
From fore- + give.
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 *gʰebʰ- ‘to give’
Proto-Germanic *gebaną ‘to give’
Proto-West Germanic *geban ‘to give’
Old English ġiefan ‘to give’
Middle English yiven ‘to give’
English give
Today it means
verb To give ahead of time; give in advance.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / foregive