forewarning

From forewarn +‎ -ing.

forewarning

1. present participle of forewarn

From Middle English forwarning, equivalent to forewarn +‎ -ing. Cognate with German Vorwarnung (“forewarning”), Swedish förvarning (“forewarning”).

forewarning (plural forewarnings)

1. An advance warning; an omen.
   • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 94:

     Beatrice knew his footstep at a distance that might have defied even the acute listener of the fairy tale; and yet, with even such long forewarning, would blush crimson deep on his entrance.

• premonition