English
foreseek
From fore- + seek.
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 *seh₂g- ‘to follow’
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Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną ‘to seek’
Proto-West Germanic *sōkijan ‘to seek’
Old English sēċan ‘to look for’
Middle English seke
English seek
Today it means
verb To seek beforehand; seek in advance.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / foreseek