English

foretibia

From fore- + tibia.

Formed from fore- + tibia

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 tībia ‘shin bone, leg’

English tibia

Today it means

noun The foremost part of the tibia in the arthropod leg

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

Etymograph / foretibia