English

foresign

From fore- + sign.

Formed from fore- + sign

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-Italic *segnom

Latin signum ‘a mark’

Old English seġn ‘sign’

Middle English signe

English sign

Today it means

noun A sign given in advance; a foreshadow; a premonition; omen.

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

Etymograph / foresign