Where does “wayfaring” come from?
Wayfaring comes from Old English weġfarende, meaning one who travels on foot.
wayfaring (English): Travelling, especially on foot; Peripatetic;...
Definitions
- Travelling, especially on foot; Peripatetic;...
Ancestry of “wayfaring”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | wayferande | — |
| 2 | Old English | weġfarende | wayfaring |
| 3 | Old English | farende | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | farandz | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | faraną | to go, to travel |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |