Where does “friendsome” come from?

friendsome (English) comes from English -some, from Middle English -som, from Old English sum, from Proto-West Germanic *sum, from Proto-Germanic sumaz, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

friendsome (English): Indicating or characterised by friendship; in...

Definitions

  1. Indicating or characterised by friendship; in...

Ancestry of “friendsome”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-someCharacterized by some specific condition or...
2Middle English-somsome; having a specific quality
3Old Englishsumsome
4Proto-West Germanic*sumsome
5Proto-Germanicsumazsome (one), a certain (one)
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “friendsome”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →