English
forespread
From fore- + spread.
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 *sprīþaną ‘to break up, become scattered’
Proto-Germanic *spraidijaną ‘to spread’
Proto-West Germanic *spraidijan
Old English sprǣdan ‘to spread, expand’
Middle English spreden ‘to spread’
English spread
Today it means
verb To spread before; spread in front of; spread in advance of.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / forespread