Where does “fore” come from?
fore (Ido) comes from Ido -e, from Esperanto -e, from Latin -ē, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
fore (Ido): away, afar
Ancestry of “fore”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ido | -e | -ly; used to form adverbs |
| 2 | Esperanto | -e | -ly; the ending for correlatives of place |
| 3 | Latin | -ē | — |
| 4 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 5 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 6 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |