English
forelend
From fore- + lend.
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 *leykʷ- ‘to leave, leave over’
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Proto-Germanic *laihnijaną ‘to loan’
Proto-West Germanic *laihnijan ‘to loan, lend’
Old English lǣnan ‘to lend’
Middle English lenen
English lend
Today it means
verb to lend in advance
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / forelend