foreganger
English
noun
Definitions
- (archaic) One who or that which goes before; a forerunner; a harbinger; a predecessor.
- (nautical) A short rope grafted on a harpoon, to which a longer line may be attached.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English forganger inherited from Old English *foregangere pre from English ganger (stepper, walker, goer).
Origin
English
ganger
Gloss
stepper, walker, goer
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- footganger English
- gang English
- ganger English
- Vorgänger German
- Vorgängerin German
- voorgaan Dutch, Flemish
- voorganger Dutch, Flemish
- före Swedish
- föregångare Swedish
- gång Swedish
- *foregangere Old English
- forganger Middle English
- ganger Middle English