English

foreknowing

Foreknowing comes from Middle English foreknowynge.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

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-

Every English word from Middle English foreknowynge

noun foreknowledge

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