English

foreprepare

From fore- + prepare.

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-

Latin parō ‘to make ready’

Latin praeparō ‘to make ready in advance’

Middle French preparer ‘to prepare’

Today it means

verb To prepare beforehand or in advance

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

Etymograph / foreprepare