English

foresummer

From fore- + summer.

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 *sm̥-h₂-ór-o-

Proto-Germanic *sumaraz

Proto-West Germanic *sumar

Old English sumor

Middle English somer

Today it means

noun The season immediately preceding summer

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

Etymograph / foresummer