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Where does “old-farrant” come from?

old-farrant (English) comes from English Old, from Middle English old, from Old English ald, from Proto-Germanic *ald, from Proto-Germanic aldaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eltós, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él-.

old-farrant (English): Old or old-fashioned; precocious, already as...

Definitions

  1. Old or old-fashioned; precocious, already as...

Ancestry of “old-farrant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishOld—
2Middle Englishold—
3Old EnglishaldAlternative form of eald
4Proto-Germanic*ald—
5Proto-Germanicaldazold, grown up
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eltós—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- →