Afore
/əˈfɔːr/noun
Afore is an archaic or dialectal word meaning before in time or position.
Did you know?Afore is the old English descendant of a Germanic compound meaning literally “in front of,” and it survives today mostly in dialect, poetry, and fixed phrases like “aforementioned” and “aforetime.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*fura-
“in front, before”
Old English
OE
onforan
“before, in front of”
Middle English
ME
aforen
“before, in front of”
14th–17th Century
English
afore
“before in time or place”
Modern English
English
afore
“archaic or dialectal before”
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