English
foresmell
From fore- + smell.
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 *smel- ‘to burn’
Proto-West Germanic *smalljan ‘to glow’
Old English *smiellan ‘to fume’
Middle English smellen ‘to sense a smell or smells’
English smell
Today it means
noun A smell which precedes or comes before something.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / foresmell