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Where does “aforenamed” come from?

aforenamed (English) comes from English afore, from Middle English afore, from Old English onforan, from Old English on, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.

aforenamed (English): Named earlier in a document

Definitions

  1. Named earlier in a document

Ancestry of “aforenamed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaforeBefore; In the fore part of a ship; Before; in...
2Middle Englishaforebefore; afore; before; afore: in advance of the...
3Old Englishonforan—
4Old Englishonon, in, at, among; from
5Proto-West Germanicanaon
6Proto-Germanic*an—
7Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →