English
forespeed
From fore- + speed.
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 *speh₁- ‘to prosper’
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Proto-West Germanic *spōan ‘to succeed’
Proto-West Germanic *spōdi ‘prosperity’
Old English spēd ‘success’
Middle English sped ‘prosperity’
English speed
Today it means
verb To outrun; outspeed.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / forespeed