fer etymology

Middle English word fer comes from Proto-Germanic *feraną, and later Proto-Germanic *ferrai (Far, distant.)

Detailed word origin of fer

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*feraną Proto-Germanic (gem-pro)
*prē- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*ferrai Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) Far, distant.
feor Old English (ang) Far. Perverse; depraved.
fer Middle English (enm) Far.

Words with the same origin as fer

Descendants of *feraną
ferd ferre foord for for- foreward forther fraisen frasten fre freisten freo further fēre importen impressen infer porche port proven purposen severen transporten vor-