English
forelike
From fore- + like.
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 *līką ‘body’
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Proto-Germanic *līkāną ‘to conform’
Proto-West Germanic *līkēn ‘to be pleasing’
Old English līcian ‘to like’
Middle English liken ‘to be appealing or pleasant’
English like
Today it means
verb To like beforehand; to be prepossessed in favor of; to be predisposed to like.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / forelike