fain
English
/feɪn/
adj
Definitions
- (archaic) Well-pleased, glad.
- (archaic) Satisfied, contented.
- (archaic) Eager, willing or inclined to.
- (archaic) Obliged or compelled to.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English fain inherited from Old English fægen inherited from Proto-Germanic *faganaz (glad) derived from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (livestock, pluck, joyful, comb, make glad, shear, pluck wool, wool, pretty, be joyful, hair, please oneself, make attractive, make pretty).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*peḱ-
Gloss
livestock, pluck, joyful, comb, make glad, shear, pluck wool, wool, pretty, be joyful, hair, please oneself, make attractive, make pretty
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
畜
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fainness English
- pecunious English
- unfain English
- unfainly English
- peculiaris Latin
- peculium Latin
- pecunia Latin
- pecuniarius Latin
- pecūliāris Latin
- pecūniārius Latin
- pecūniōsus Latin
- πέκω Ancient Greek
- *peḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *peḱten-s Proto-Indo-European
- *peḱu- Proto-Indo-European
- *poḱ-s- Proto-Indo-European
- *poḱsom Proto-Indo-European
- *péḱu Proto-Indo-European
- *pḱtén-s Proto-Indo-European
- *faganaz Proto-Germanic
- *faginōną Proto-Germanic
- *fahaz Proto-Germanic
- *fahsą Proto-Germanic
- *fehtaną Proto-Germanic
- fægen Old English
- fæġen Old English
- पशु Sanskrit
- fain Middle English
- unfain Middle English
- Færeyjar Old Norse
- dilkfé Old Norse
- fagna Old Norse
- fagnaðr Old Norse
- faxaðr Old Norse
- feginleikr Old Norse
- feginn Old Norse
- fága Old Norse
- fágan Old Norse
- fáganarmaðr Old Norse
- fágandi Old Norse
- fágari Old Norse
- færeyingr Old Norse
- færeyskr Old Norse
- félag Old Norse
- félagleikr Old Norse
- fǫgnuðr Old Norse
- fǫxóttr Old Norse
- kvikfé Old Norse
- feginn Icelandic
- fegin Faroese
- 𐍆𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍆𐌰𐌷𐌴𐌸𐍃 Gothic
- *páćšma Proto-Indo-Iranian
- fägjän Westrobothnian
- *pektō Proto-Italic