Where does “foresummer” come from?
foresummer (English) comes from English Summer, from English sum, from Khmer ស, from Chinese 蘇, from English Sue, from Middle English seuen, from Anglo-Norman suer, from Old French sivre — to follow; to see; to say.
foresummer (English): The season immediately preceding summer; The...
Definitions
- The season immediately preceding summer; The...
Ancestry of “foresummer”, step by step
foresummer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Summer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Summer | of modern usage, from summer, the name of the season, often given to girls born in summer |
| 2 | English | sum | A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation;... |
| 3 | Khmer | ស | white |
| 4 | Chinese | 蘇 | — |
| 5 | English | Sue | A Mary Sue |
| 6 | Middle English | seuen | — |
| 7 | Anglo-Norman | suer | nominative singular of seror; to dry |
| 8 | Old French | sivre | to follow |
| 9 | Vulgar Latin | sequere | to follow; second-person singular future active... |
| 10 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |
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 |