English
fairsome
Fairsome comes from English fair.
- English1500–presentfair
- Englishearliest quotation 1873fairsome
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presentfair
- Englishearliest quotation 1873fairsome
Earliest quotation: 1873, A. E. Kroeger: “That love for which thy heart does burn /…”
A compound of fair + -some
Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- ‘to attach’
Proto-Germanic *fagraz ‘appropriate’
Proto-West Germanic *fagr ‘beautiful’
Old English fæġer ‘beautiful’
Middle English fayr ‘beautiful’
English fair
Linked words
through English fair
Today it means
adj Characterised by fairness or beauty; characteristically fair; attractive
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English fair / fairsome