English
foreroom
Foreroom comes from Middle English foreroum.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500foreroum
- Englishearliest quotation 1978foreroom
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500foreroum
- Englishearliest quotation 1978foreroom
Earliest quotation: 1978, Arctic Anthropology volume xv: “Further up there are two summer rooms, a foreroom,…”
Every English word from Middle English foreroum
Today it means
noun Such a room that serves as an entryway, initial reception area, or waiting room.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English foreroum / foreroom