foreboder

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English forebode

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

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Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English foreboder

From forebode + -er.

Noun

foreboder (plural foreboders)

1. (archaic) an oracle; one who tells the future.
2. (uncountable) Something that implies the imminent occurrence of another event.

   The cold was a foreboder of the nightmares of the winter that lay ahead.