The story
- Old English · inherited fromfōreþenċan“to premeditate, consider, be mindful”
- Middle English · inherited fromforethynken
- English todayforethink
From Middle English forethynken, from Old English fōreþenċan (“to premeditate, consider, be mindful”), corresponding to fore- + think. Cognate with Dutch voordenken, German vordenken (“to think ahead”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.