English
foreskirt
From fore- + skirt.
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 *(s)ker- ‘to cut off’
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Proto-Germanic *skurtaz ‘short’
Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ ‘apron’
Old Norse skyrta ‘shirt’
Middle English scyrt
English skirt
Today it means
noun The front skirt (part) of a dress, in distinction from the train.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / foreskirt