Etymograph

English

forereach

From fore- + reach.

Formed from fore- + reach

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 *Hreyǵ- ‘to bind’

Proto-Germanic *raikijaną ‘to stretch out’

Proto-West Germanic *raikijan ‘to reach’

Old English rǣċan ‘to reach’

Middle English rechen

English reach

Today it means

verb To shoot ahead, especially when going in stays.

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

Etymograph / forereach