Where does “faraway” come from?
Faraway derives from English far combined with away, tracing through Latin far to Proto-Indo-European roots expressing distance and separation.
faraway (English): Distant; Not mentally present, as when...
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- Distant; Not mentally present, as when...
Ancestry of “faraway”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | far | Distant; remote in space; Remote in time; Long |
| 2 | Middle English | ferre | — |
| 3 | Old English | feor | Alternative form of feorr; far |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | ferrai | far, distant |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | per-nóy | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |