Where does “foregrounder” come from?
foregrounder (English) comes from English foreground, from English fore-, from English Fore, from German Fahr, from German Fähre, from Middle High German verren, from Old High German ferrana, from Old High German ferro — passed , crossed.
foregrounder (English): One who brings something to the foreground
Definitions
- One who brings something to the foreground
Ancestry of “foregrounder”, step by step
foregrounder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English foreground
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | foreground | The elements of an image which lie closest to the... |
| 2 | English | fore- | Positioned at or near the front; Before; ahead or... |
| 3 | English | Fore | A people of Papua New Guinea |
| 4 | German | Fahr | — |
| 5 | German | Fähre | ferry |
| 6 | Middle High German | verren | — |
| 7 | Old High German | ferrana | from afar |
| 8 | Old High German | ferro | afar; skipper |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | *ferrō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | ferrai | far, distant |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per-nóy | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |