See Also: tofore(dictionary)

tofore (iou)



tofore preposition, adverb, & conjunction.OE-M17.
[Old English toforan = Old Frisian tofora, Old Saxon teforan, Middle High German zevor, zuovor(n) (German zuvor), from Germanic: see TO preposition, conjunction, & adverb, FORE adverb & preposition.]
= BEFORE.
? 2nd elem. of heretofore, theretofore.