English

foretaster

From fore- + taster.

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-

Middle English taster

Today it means

noun Someone who tastes food before another, usually to check it hasn't been poisoned.

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

Etymograph / foretaster