English
foreslay
From fore- + slay.
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 *slak- ‘to hit, strike, throw’
Proto-Germanic *slahaną ‘to hit, strike’
Proto-West Germanic *slahan ‘to hit, to strike’
Old English slēan ‘to hit, punch, strike’
Middle English sleen ‘to cut’
English slay
Today it means
verb To slay beforehand or in advance.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / foreslay