Etymology

forecoming

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Today it means: coming before; preceding Full definition →

Middle English *forcomynge ← Old English forecumende ← Proto-Germanic *furaquemandz
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forecoming · verb, adjective1

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*furaquemaną“to come before”
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*furaquemandz
  3. Old English · inherited fromforecumende
  4. Middle English · inherited from*forcomynge
  5. English todayforecoming

From Middle English *forcomynge, *forcumande, from Old English forecumende, from Proto-Germanic *furaquemandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *furaquemaną (“to come before”), equivalent to fore- + coming (present participle).

forecoming · noun2

From fore- + coming (gerund).

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