English
forewish
From fore- + wish.
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 *wenh₁- ‘to wish’
Proto-Germanic *wunskijaną ‘to wish’
Proto-West Germanic *wunskijan ‘to wish’
Old English wȳsċan ‘to wish’
Middle English wisshen ‘to want’
English wish
Today it means
verb To wish or desire beforehand.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / forewish