Etymograph

English

foreshine

From fore- + shine.

Formed from fore- + shine

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)ḱeh₁y- ‘to shine, shimmer’

Proto-Germanic *skīnaną ‘to shine’

Proto-West Germanic *skīnan ‘to shine’

Old English sċīnan ‘to shine’

Middle English shinen

English shine

Today it means

noun A shine seen in advance.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / foreshine