English

foresyllable

From fore- + syllable; Compare Dutch voorsyllabe, German Vorsilbe.

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-Hellenic *hlagʷ-

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Latin syllaba

Old French sillebe

Anglo-Norman sillable

Middle English syllable

Today it means

noun A syllable (or syllables) at the beginning of a word.

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

Etymograph / foresyllable