Where does “foredefeated” come from?
foredefeated (English) comes from English defeated, from English defeat, from Middle English defeten, from Middle English defet, from French deffet, from Old French desfait, from Old French desfaire, from Old French faire.
foredefeated (English): Defeated in advance; doomed to fail
Definitions
- Defeated in advance; doomed to fail
Ancestry of “foredefeated”, step by step
foredefeated traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English defeated
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | defeated | Subjugated, beaten, overcome; simple past tense... |
| 2 | English | defeat | To overcome in battle or contest; To reduce, to... |
| 3 | Middle English | defeten | — |
| 4 | Middle English | defet | defect; disfigured |
| 5 | French | deffet | — |
| 6 | Old French | desfait | undone |
| 7 | Old French | desfaire | to undo; to defeat |
| 8 | Old French | faire | to do |
| 9 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 10 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 11 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 12 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English Fore
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Fore | A people of Papua New Guinea |
| 2 | German | Fahr | — |
| 3 | German | Fähre | ferry |
| 4 | Middle High German | verren | — |
| 5 | Old High German | ferrana | from afar |
| 6 | Old High German | ferro | afar; skipper |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *ferrō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ferrai | far, distant |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per-nóy | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |