English
foresister
From fore- + sister.
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 *swésōr ‘sister’
Proto-Germanic *swestēr ‘sister’
Proto-West Germanic *swester ‘sister’
Old English sweostor ‘sister’
Middle English suster ‘sister’
English sister
Today it means
noun A feminist of an earlier generation.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / foresister