English Explanatory Dictionary

fore-elder

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A progenitor or ancestor.

Word forms

fore-elder fore-elders

Etymology

From Middle English foreldre, from fore- (“fore-”) + eldre (“elder, ancestor”); equivalent to fore- + elder. Compare Old Norse foreldrar (“fore-elders”, plural), whence Danish forældre (“parents”), Swedish föräldrar (“parents”). Compare also Dutch voorouder (“ancestor”), German Voreltern (“ancestors”).

Related words

foreganger
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