Etymograph

English

foregleam

From fore- + gleam.

Formed from fore- + gleam

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 *ǵʰley- ‘to shine’

Proto-Germanic *glaimiz ‘brightness’

Proto-West Germanic *glaimi

Old English glǣm

Middle English glem

English gleam

Today it means

noun A gleam or glimpse of the future; foreglimpse.

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

Etymograph / foregleam