English
forepoint
From fore- + point.
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 *pewǵ- ‘to prick, punch’
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Latin pungō ‘to prick; to puncture’
Latin pūnctum ‘point; puncture’
Old French point ‘dot’
Middle English poynt ‘small hole’
English point
Today it means
verb To foreshadow.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / forepoint