Where does “foreseeing” come from?
Foreseeing derives from Middle English -ing added to foresee, continuing Old English -ing, from Proto-Germanic -ungō, a suffix forming abstract nouns and gerunds from verb stems.
foreseeing (English): present participle of foresee; The act by which...
Definitions
- present participle of foresee; The act by which...
Ancestry of “foreseeing”, step by step
foreseeing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English foresee
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | foresee | To be able to see beforehand: to anticipate;... |
| 2 | Middle English | foreseen | — |
| 3 | Old English | foresēon | to see beforehand; foresee, provide |
| 4 | Old English | fore | before; forepart, front |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | furai | before, in front of; before, in front |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Middle English foreseing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | foreseing | — |