foretoken

Meanings

Noun

• A prognostic; a premonitory sign; warning or presentiment.

Verb

• To betoken beforehand; prognosticate; foreshadow; give warning of; presage.

Origin

• From Middle English foretokne, fortacne, from Old English foretācn, foretācen, equivalent to fore- + token. Cognate with Dutch voorteken, German Low German Vörteken, German Vorzeichen.
• From Middle English *foretoknen, fortaknen, from Old English foretācnian.