English
forestroke
From fore- + stroke.
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 *streyg- ‘to rub, stroke’
Proto-Germanic *straikaz
Proto-West Germanic *straik ‘stroke, line, dash’
Old English strāc
Middle English strok ‘blow from a weapon, cut’
English stroke
Today it means
noun A forward stroke or movement.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / forestroke