Etymograph

English

forethroat

From fore- + throat.

Formed from fore- + throat

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 *trud- ‘to swell, become stiff’

Proto-Germanic *þrutō

Proto-West Germanic *þrotu

Old English þrote

Middle English throte

English throat

Today it means

noun The forward part of the throat or throat area.

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

Etymograph / forethroat