English

forehouse

From fore- + house.

Formed from fore- + house

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-Germanic *hūsą

Proto-West Germanic *hūs

Old English hūs ‘dwelling’

Middle English hous ‘house’

English house

Today it means

noun The front or forward part or room of a house; a foyer.

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

Etymograph / forehouse