foreword

Mane (Îngilîzî)

An introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other document; especially, one written by another person (not the author of the work thus introduced).

Berevajî

afterword, epilogue, endsay, conclusion, last word, postamble, foreword

Hevwate

preface

introduction

prologue

preamble

prolusion

opening

exordium

prefatory note

postscript

premise

proem

prolegomenon

opening statement

Werger

Vorwort

préface

Vorrede

Geleitwort

voorwoord

prefazione

avant-propos

prefácio

prefacio

voorbericht

prólogo

voorrede

Einleitung

Einführung

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/ˈfɔːwɜːd/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Hevwate bi holendî: voorwoord

Hevwate bi frîsî: foarwurd

Hevwate bi danmarkî: forord

Hevwate bi swêdî: förord

Hevwate bi Old English: forword

In summary

Morphologically fore- + word. Calque of German Vorwort, itself a calque of Latin praefatio (“preface”). Cognate with German Low German Vörwoord (“foreword”), Dutch voorwoord (“foreword”), West Frisian foarwurd (“foreword”), Danish forord (“preface; proviso”), Swedish förord (“foreword”). Compare also Old English forword, foreword (“proviso; condition”).