English

foreslash

From fore- + slash, a retronym, distinguishing slash from backslash; compare forward slash.

Formed from fore- + slash

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-

Old French esclachier ‘to break in pieces’

English slash

Today it means

noun Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.

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

Etymograph / foreslash