Etymology

forelead

F4O1R1E1L1E1A1D2

Today it means: To lead forth; lead forward; lead before. Full definition →

Middle English forleden ← Old English fōrelǣdan
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromfōrelǣdan“to lead forth”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromforleden
  3. English todayforelead

From Middle English forleden, from Old English fōrelǣdan (“to lead forth”), equivalent to fore- + lead.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishforleden all →

forlead

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.