Etymograph

English

foresing

From fore- + sing.

Formed from fore- + sing

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 *sengʷʰ- ‘to recite’

Proto-Germanic *singwaną ‘to sing’

Proto-West Germanic *singwan ‘to sing’

Old English singan ‘to sing’

Middle English singen ‘to produce chants or other sung verse’

English sing

Today it means

verb To sing beforehand or in advance.

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

Etymograph / foresing