English
foretalk
From fore- + talk.
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 *dol-
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Proto-Germanic *talkōną ‘to talk’
Proto-West Germanic *talkōn ‘to talk’
Old English *tealcian ‘to talk’
Middle English talken
English talk
Today it means
noun A foreword; preface.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / foretalk