Where does “hereinbefore” come from?
Hereinbefore combines here and before, with here deriving from Middle English her and Old English be-, ultimately tracing through Anglo-Norman eir and Proto-Indo-European per- meaning through or forward.
hereinbefore (English): In a preceding part of this speech, book, or...
Definitions
- In a preceding part of this speech, book, or...
Ancestry of “hereinbefore”, step by step
hereinbefore traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English herein
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | herein | Within this content, context, or thing |
| 2 | English | here | In, on, or at this place; To this place; used in... |
| 3 | Middle English | her | a hair; hair; pelt, hide, animal skin |
| 4 | Old English | hēr | at this place |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *hēr | here |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hē₂r | here, in this place |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 8 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 9 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 10 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English before
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | before | Earlier than; In front of in space; In the... |
| 2 | Middle English | bifore | before |
| 3 | Old English | beforan | before |
| 4 | Old English | be- | a productive prefix usually used to form verbs... |
| 5 | Old English | hrōpan | to shout, proclaim; cry out, scream, howl; to cry... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | hrōpan | to cry out, to call, to shout |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hrōpaną | to cry out, call, shout |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |