English

farfet

Farfet comes from Middle English ferfet.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Earliest quotation: 1591, William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]: “York with his farfet policy Had been the regent…”

A compound of far + fet

Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘to cross, pass’

Proto-Indo-European *per-nóy

Proto-Germanic *ferrai

Old English feor

Middle English ferre

English far

Proto-Indo-European *ped- ‘foot’

Proto-Germanic *fatōną ‘to fetch’

Proto-West Germanic *fatōn

Old English fetian ‘to bring, fetch’

Middle English fetten

English fet

Every English word from Middle English ferfet

adj far-fetched

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.