English
forestomach
From fore- + stomach.
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-
Ancient Greek στόμα ‘mouth’
Ancient Greek στόμαχος ‘throat; stomach’
Latin stomachus ‘gullet’
Old French estomac
Middle English stomak ‘stomach’
English stomach
Today it means
noun The compartments of a ruminant's stomach that precede the "true" stomach.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / forestomach