English

foreparent

From fore- + parent.

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 *perh₃- ‘to produce, beget’

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Latin parēns ‘parent’

Latin parentem

Anglo-Norman parent

Middle English parent

Today it means

noun a forefather or foremother (used as a gender-neutral equivalent)

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

Etymograph / foreparent