English
forelie
From fore- + lie.
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 *legʰ- ‘to lie’
Proto-Germanic *ligjaną ‘to lie’
Proto-West Germanic *liggjan ‘to lie’
Old English liċġan ‘to lie’
Middle English lien ‘to lie’
English lie
Today it means
verb To lie in front.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / forelie