The story
- Latin · derived fromprovidentia
- Middle English · inherited fromforsight
- English todayforesight
From Middle English forsight, forsyght, forsichte (since 14th c.), a calque of Latin providentia. By surface analysis, fore- + sight. Compare Scots foresicht, Saterland Frisian Foarsicht, archaic Dutch voorzicht (now voorzichtigheid), German Vorsicht (all “caution, foresight”).
Words from the same roots
Latinprovidentia all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.