## Etymology
A compound of fore- ('before') and noon (from Old English non, from Latin nona '(hora) ninth hour'), denoting the part of the day before midday.

## AI Etymology
Forenoon is a compound of fore- ('before') and noon (from Old English non, from Latin nona '(hora) ninth hour'), denoting the part of the day before midday. The compound structure is semantically important: one element narrows the setting, direction, or quality, and the other supplies the object, action, or base idea. As a noun, it denotes "the part of the day before noon; the morning", keeping the historical idea close to its dictionary sense. Relevant historical forms include Old English fore and Latin nona. Related words include fore, noon, afternoon.

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