English
foresignify
From fore- + signify.
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 ‘sign’
Latin signum ‘token, sign’
Latin significō ‘to show, express, signify, point out’
Old French signifier
Middle English signifien
English signify
Today it means
verb To indicate beforehand.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / foresignify