English

foregroup

From fore- + group.

Formed from fore- + group

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-

Vulgar Latin *cruppus

Italian gruppo ‘a knot, heap, group’

French groupe ‘cluster, group’

English group

Today it means

noun A previous or prior grouping or assemblage.

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

Etymograph / foregroup