Presage comes via French, meaning 'omen' or 'a sing of a future event', which in turn comes from Latin praesagium, from praesagire ‘forebode’, from prae ‘before’ + sagire ‘perceive keenly’. 

The earliest known use of the word "presage" in English, both as a noun and a verb, is in the Middle English period (1150-1500), with the noun form appearing around the late 14th century and the verb form emerging in the 1560s. 

Examples of presage used in a sentence:  
*"He had a strong presage that he'd only a very short time to live" 
*"He thought the fever was a somber presage of his final illness" 
*"We may speculate too whether they will presage anything very different from what was said." 
*"It's important to understand the weather conditions that presage frost."
*"The condition of affairs on the continent seemed to French enthusiasts to presage an attack by the other Powers on France."
*"A quick glance at the sky to reassure myself that the scudding clouds did not presage rain."