frend
Middle English
/freːnd/
noun
Definitions
- A friend or compatriot; a close associate.
- A patron, philanthropist, or supporter.
- A family member; one of one's kin.
- (rare) A lover or mistress.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English frēond (friend, lover, relative, loving-, loving, friendly) inherited from *friund inherited from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz (friend, lover, loved one) affix from Middle English fre.
Origin
Middle English
fre
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- affriended English
- backfriend English
- befriend English
- best friend English
- boyfriend English
- cyberfriend English
- defriend English
- e-friend English
- enbyfriend English
- ex-friend English
- free English
- friend English
- friendess English
- friendful English
- friendgirl English
- friendhood English
- friendish English
- friendless English
- friendlike English
- friendling English
- friendly English
- friendo English
- friendom English
- friendship English
- friendsome English
- friendworthy English
- friendy English
- fuckfriend English
- galfriend English
- girlfriend English
- grandfriend English
- guyfriend English
- manfriend English
- merfriend English
- misfriend English
- nonfriend English
- outfriend English
- penfriend English
- playfriend English
- schoolfriend English
- semifriend English
- stepfriend English
- superfriend English
- unfriend English
- womanfriend English
- зафрендить Russian
- *preyH- Proto-Indo-European
- *prēy- Proto-Indo-European
- *frijōndz Proto-Germanic
- freond Old English
- freondlar Old English
- freondlaþu Old English
- freondleas Old English
- freondlic Old English
- freondræden Old English
- freondscipe Old English
- frēo Old English
- frēond Old English
- frēondliċ Old English
- frēondlēas Old English
- frēondlīċ Old English
- frēondrǣden Old English
- frēondsċipe Old English
- wiffreond Old English
- fre Middle English
- fredom Middle English
- freen Middle English
- frende Middle English
- frenden Middle English
- frenderede Middle English
- frendful Middle English
- frendles Middle English
- frendly Middle English
- frendman Middle English
- frendschip Middle English
- mon Middle English
- onfrend Middle English
- unfrendly Middle English
- frændi Old Norse
- frend Serbo-Croatian
- ffrind Welsh
- friund Old High German
- friunt Old High German
- 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐌳𐌹 Gothic
- 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐌳𐍃 Gothic
- *friund gmw-pro
- friund Old Dutch
- friend Chinese
- friund Old Saxon
- freend Scots
- friōnd Old Frisian
- friōnd, friond Old Frisian
- friūnd Old Frisian
- pren Tok Pisin
- wokpren Tok Pisin
- Frinj North Frisian
- vriene Yola
- bren Kriol