Formed from fore- + test
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-
Latin testum ‘earthen vessel, earthen pot’
Old French test ‘an earthen vessel’
Middle English test
English test
Today it means
noun A test conducted or given beforehand; a preliminary test conducted before the inception of an experiment or evaluation.
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Etymograph / foretest
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