Etymograph

English

foreguess

Foreguess comes from Middle English foregessen.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500foregessen
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1886foreguess

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500foregessen
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1886foreguess

Earliest quotation: 1886, Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton: “[...] He will be welcome there I foreguess;…”

Formed from fore- + guess

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-

Middle English gessen ‘to guess’

English guess

Every English word from Middle English foregessen

Today it means

verb To guess beforehand.

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

Etymograph / Middle English foregessen / foreguess

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