English

forewinter

From fore- + winter.

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-Germanic *wintruz ‘winter’

Proto-West Germanic *wintru

Old English winter

Middle English winter

Today it means

noun The period immediately preceding or leading up to winter.

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

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