Etymograph

English

forewater

From fore- + water.

Formed from fore- + water

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 *wed- ‘water; to well’

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Proto-Germanic *watōr ‘water’

Proto-West Germanic *watar ‘water’

Old English wæter ‘water’

Middle English water ‘water’

English water

Today it means

noun The amniotic fluid that comes out before the baby's head during childbirth.

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

Etymograph / forewater