English

foretrack

From fore- + track.

Formed from fore- + track

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-

Old French trac ‘track of horses’

Middle English trak

English track

Today it means

verb To track beforehand or in advance.

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

Etymograph / foretrack