Etymograph

English

foreglance

From fore- + glance.

Formed from fore- + glance

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 *weng- ‘to bow, to bend, to arch, to curve’

Middle English glenchen ‘of a blow: to strike obliquely, glance’

English glance

Today it means

noun A glance that is forward or beforehand.

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

Etymograph / foreglance