English
forehear
From fore- + hear.
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 *h₂eḱ- ‘sharp’
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Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną ‘to hear’
Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan ‘to hear’
Old English hēran ‘to hear’
Middle English har
English hear
Today it means
verb To hear beforehand.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / forehear