English
forespend
From fore- + spend.
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 *(s)pend- ‘to stretch’
…
Latin expendō ‘to weigh’
Proto-West Germanic *spendōn ‘to spend’
Old English spendan ‘to spend’
Middle English spenden ‘to spend’
English spend
Today it means
verb To spend beforehand or in advance.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / forespend