Etymograph

English

foreload

From fore- + load.

Formed from fore- + load

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 *leyt- ‘to go, go forth’

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Proto-Germanic *laidō ‘leading, way’

Proto-West Germanic *laidu

Old English lād ‘course, journey; carrying’

Middle English lode ‘way, course; burden’

English load

Today it means

noun A load placed on the front or forward part of anything.

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

Etymograph / foreload