English

farfetch

From far + fetch.

A compound of far + fetch

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

Proto-Indo-European *per-nóy

Proto-Germanic *ferrai

Old English feor

Middle English ferre

English far

Old English feċċan ‘to fetch, bring’

Middle English fecchen ‘to get and bring back, fetch’

English fetch

Today it means

noun Anything brought from afar, or brought about with studious care; a deep stratagem.

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

Etymograph / farfetch