English
foreheat
From fore- + heat.
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 *keHy- ‘heat’
Proto-Germanic *haitį̄
Proto-West Germanic *haitī
Old English hǣtu
Middle English hete ‘heat’
English heat
Today it means
verb Synonym of preheat (“heat in advance”).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / foreheat