English
foreseize
From fore- + seize.
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-Germanic *sakjaną
Frankish *sakjan ‘to sue, bring legal action’
Early Medieval Latin sacīre ‘to lay claim to, appropriate’
Old French seisir ‘to take possession of’
Middle English seisen ‘to kidnap, abduct, or take captive’
English seize
Today it means
verb To seize beforehand.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / foreseize