English

forepast

From fore- + past.

Formed from fore- + past

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-

Middle English passen ‘to pass, to go by’

Middle English passed

English past

Today it means

adj That has passed; bygone.

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

Etymograph / forepast