English

forewisdom

fore- + wisdom

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 *weyd- ‘to see’

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Proto-Germanic *wīsadōmaz

Proto-West Germanic *wīsadōm

Old English wīsdōm

Middle English wisdom

Today it means

noun Prior knowledge.

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

Etymograph / forewisdom