English
foreprize
From fore- + prize (“take”).
Formed from fore- + prize ‘take’
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 *gʰed- ‘to find; to hold’
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Latin prehendō ‘to seize, grasp’
Old French prendre ‘to take’
Old French prise ‘seizure, taking’
Middle English prise
English prize
Today it means
verb To assume, take for granted; to provide for beforehand; to anticipate.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / foreprize