myEtymology.com: English etymology of foreshadow

Etymology of the English word foreshadow

the English word foreshadow

using the English prefix fore-

derived from the English word fore

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per

derived from the English word shadow

derived from the English word boxing

using the English suffix -ing

derived from the English word box

derived from the Classical Latin word buxus (boxwood; a box tree; instrument)

derived from the Greek word puxos

derived from the Late Latin word buxis

derived from the Greek word puxis, πυξίς

derived from the Greek word puxos