English
foreorder
From fore- + order.
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-Italic *ordō ‘to arrange’
Latin ōrdinem ‘row, rank, regular arrangement’
Old French ordne ‘order, rank’
Middle English ordre
English order
Today it means
verb To order beforehand or in advance; pre-order.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / foreorder