English

forespell

From fore- + spell.

Formed from fore- + spell

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-Germanic *spellą ‘speech’

Proto-West Germanic *spell

Old English spell ‘news’

Middle English spell

English spell

Today it means

verb To spell in advance; foretell; make a warning about something upcoming; tell or indicate beforehand; predict

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

Etymograph / forespell