English

foreshop

From fore- + shop.

Formed from fore- + shop

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 *skub-

Proto-Germanic *skupp- ‘barn’

Old English sċoppa ‘shed’

Middle English shoppe

English shop

Today it means

noun A front shop; a shop placed near the front, facing the street

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

Etymograph / foreshop