English

forwrap

Forwrap comes from Middle English forwrappen.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Earliest quotation: 1782, John Bell: “Why art thou all forwrapped save thy face? Why…”

Formed from for- + wrap

Proto-Indo-European *pro- ‘before, in front of’

Proto-Germanic *fra- ‘off, away’

Proto-West Germanic *fra- ‘forms verbs with the sense of "away from" or…’

English for-

Proto-Indo-European *werb- ‘to bend, turn’

Proto-Germanic *wrappaną ‘to wrap’

Old English *wrappan

Middle English wrappen ‘to wrap, fold’

English wrap

Every English word from Middle English forwrappen

verb To wrap up or about; muffle.

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