English
forewaste
From fore- + waste.
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 *h₁weh₂- ‘empty’
Proto-Germanic *wōstaz
Frankish *wōstī ‘a waste’
Old Northern French wast
Middle English wast
English waste
Today it means
verb —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / forewaste