English

foremessage

From fore- + message.

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 *meyth₂- ‘to exchange’

Latin mittō ‘to send’

Early Medieval Latin missāticum

Old French message

Middle English message

Today it means

noun A message given in advance; a prologue

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

Etymograph / foremessage