English
foremath
From fore- + math (“a mowing”), by analogy with aftermath.
Formed from fore- + math ‘a mowing’
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-
Today it means
noun A first mowing; that which is gleaned from a first or prior mowing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / foremath