English
forerun
From fore- + run.
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 *h₃reyH- ‘to boil, churn’
Proto-Germanic *rinnaną ‘to run’
Old English rinnan ‘to run’
Middle English rinnen ‘to run’
Middle English runnen ‘to run’
English run
Today it means
verb To run in front.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / forerun