Where does “foresyllable” come from?
foresyllable (English) comes from English Fore, from German Fahr, from German Fähre, from Middle High German verren, from Old High German ferrana, from Old High German ferro, from Proto-West Germanic *ferrō, from Proto-Germanic ferrai — passed , crossed.
foresyllable (English): A syllable at the beginning of a word
Definitions
- A syllable at the beginning of a word
Ancestry of “foresyllable”, step by step
foresyllable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via English syllable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | syllable | A unit of human speech that is interpreted by the... |
| 2 | Middle English | syllable | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | sillable | syllable |
| 4 | Old French | sillebe | — |
| 5 | Latin | syllaba | syllable; poems, verses |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | συλλαβή | conception, pregnancy; that which holds together,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | συλλαμβάνω | I collect, gather; I rally; I take hold of,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | σῠν- | together; with, together |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | σύν | beside, with |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | *ksún | beside, with |