ENGLISH ROOT WORD: friend "friend", "lover" from Old English freond

【friend】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Old English word(s) "freond." It carries the basic meaning of "friend," and "lover." from PIE *pri- "to love"

[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "friend"]

friend ****[227] A friend is someone who you know well and like, but who is not related to you.
friendly ****[1641] If someone is friendly, they behave in a pleasant, kind way, and like to be with other people.
friendship ***[2820] A friendship is a relationship between two or more friends.

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[WORD ROOT]root friend
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] friend
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Old English) freond
[MEANING]root friend, lover

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】

• 【Old English】 freond [from Proto-Germanic *frijojands] friend, lover; one attached to another by feelings of personal regard and preference

Please see the Word information in detail as follows;

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friend ★★★★[227] noun from friend
【DEFINITION】 A friend is someone who you know well and like, but who is not related to you.
【pl.】 friends
【SYNONYM】 Quaker
【ROOTs】 friend; friend, lover
【Etymology】 《Old English freond》 [from Proto-Germanic *frijojands] friend, lover; one attached to another by feelings of personal regard and preference
【First Known Meaning】 one attached to another by feelings of personal regard and preference
【DERIVATIVEs】 befriend, friend, friendless, friendlessness, friendlily, friendliness, friendly, friendship

friendly ★★★★[1641] adjective from friend
【DEFINITION】 ① If someone is friendly, they behave in a pleasant, kind way, and like to be with other people.
② If you are friendly with someone, you like each other and enjoy spending time together.
③ You can describe another country or their government as friendly when they have good relations with your own country rather than being an enemy.
【VARIATIONs】 비교; friendly < friendlier < friendliest
【ANTONYM】 unfriendly
【ROOTs】 ⑴ friend; friend, lover ⑵ ly; adjective suffix
【Etymology】 《Old English freond》 [from Proto-Germanic *frijojands] friend, lover; one attached to another by feelings of personal regard and preference
【DERIVATIVEs】 befriend, friend, friendless, friendlessness, friendlily, friendliness, friendly, friendship

friendship ★★★[2820] noun from friendship 〈 friend
【DEFINITION】 A friendship is a relationship between two or more friends.
【pl.】 friendships
【COMPOSITION】 friend + ship
【ROOTs】 ⑴ friend; friend ⑵ ship; 상태
【Etymology】 《Old English freond》 [from Proto-Germanic *frijojands] friend, lover; one attached to another by feelings of personal regard and preference
【First Known Meaning】 friendship, mutual liking and regard
【DERIVATIVEs】 befriend, friend, friendless, friendlessness, friendly, friendship

Other words containing "friend"; befriend, friendless, friendlessness, friendlily, friendliness, unfriendly

(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

frequent
freeze
free
frag-, frang-, -fring-, fract-
four
fort
form
fores-, forest-
fore
food, feed

 

 

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