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Where does “fager” come from?

fager (Middle English) comes from Old English fæġer, from Proto-West Germanic fagr, from Proto-Germanic fagraz, from Proto-Indo-European ph₂ḱ- — to fasten, place.

Ancestry of “fager”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfæġerbeautiful
2Proto-West Germanicfagrbeautiful
3Proto-Germanicfagrazsuitable, fitting, appropriate, nice
4Proto-Indo-Europeanph₂ḱ-to fasten, place

Words derived from “fager”

  • fair
  • fairway
  • fairgrounds
  • fairground
  • fairminded
  • funfair
  • fairish
  • fairtrade
  • fairmindedness
  • frabjous
  • fairlead
  • fairgoer
  • fairsome
  • fairheaded
  • fairlike
  • fairmindedly
  • fairhanded
  • fair-minded
  • fair-mindedness
  • fair-mindedly
  • fairhood
  • fairdom
  • fairishly
  • fairleader
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