English

foresitter

From fore- (“before”) + sitter or foresit + -er.

Formed from fore- ‘before’ + sitter

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-

Middle English sitter

Today it means

noun One who presides; a president.

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

Etymograph / foresitter