English
forelove
From fore- + love.
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 *lewbʰ- ‘love’
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Proto-Germanic *lubō ‘love’
Proto-West Germanic *lubu
Old English lufu
Middle English love ‘love’
English love
Today it means
verb To love beforehand or in advance.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / forelove