Etymology

forehear

F4O1R1E1H4E1A1R1

Today it means: To hear beforehand. Full definition →

English hear ← Middle English heren ← Old English hīeran
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pr̥h₂éy
  4. Proto-Germanic*furai
  5. Proto-Germanic*furai-
  6. Proto-West Germanic*forē-
  7. Old Englishfore-
  8. Middle Englishfore-
  9. Englishfore-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ṓws
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ḱh₂owsyéti
  14. Proto-Germanic*hauzijaną
  15. Proto-West Germanic*hauʀijan
  16. Old Englishhīeran
  17. Middle Englishheren
  18. Englishhear
  19. English todayforehear

From fore- + hear.

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