English
forescreen
From fore- + screen.
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 *(s)ker- ‘to cut off, sever’
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Old Dutch skirm
Middle Dutch scherm
Anglo-Norman escren ‘firescreen’
Middle English scren
English screen
Today it means
noun A screen placed in front of something.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / forescreen