English

forepurpose

From fore- + purpose.

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 pōnō ‘to place, put’

Latin prōpōnō ‘to put forth, propose’

Old French purposer ‘to propose’

Middle English purpos

Today it means

noun A predetermined purpose

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

Etymograph / forepurpose