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English word forehead comes from English fore-, English head, and later Middle English forheed (Forehead.)

fore- (English)

Before; ahead or in front of.. Occurring beforehand; earlier; prior to. Positioned at or near the front.

head (English)

(fishing) To remove the head from a fish.. (intransitive) To form a head.. (intransitive) To move in a specified direction.. (intransitive) To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.. (obsolete) To behead; to decapitate.. (transitive) To be in command of. (See also head up.). (transitive) To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball. To cut off the top of; to lop [...]

foranhēafod (Old English)

forheed (Middle English)

Forehead.

forehead (English)

(countable) The part of the face above the eyebrows and below the hairline.. (uncountable) confidence; audacity.

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