English
foremind
Foremind comes from Middle English foremynden.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500foremynden
- Englishearliest quotation 2007foremind
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500foremynden
- Englishearliest quotation 2007foremind
Earliest quotation: 2007, Neal Cassady, Letter to Allen Ginsberg, May 15, 1951: “[…] I'm floundering at sloppy deliberation in the choice…”
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 *men- ‘to think’
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Proto-Germanic *mundiz ‘memory’
Proto-West Germanic *mundi
Old English mynd ‘mind’
Middle English minde
English mind
Every English word from Middle English foremynden
Today it means
verb To intend; predetermine.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English foremynden / foremind