English
fellowcraft
From fellow + craft.
Old Norse félag ‘fellowship, partnership’
Old Norse félagi ‘companion’
Old English fēolaga ‘companion, partner’
Middle English felawe ‘companion, good friend’
English fellow
Proto-Germanic *krafjaną ‘to demand’
Proto-Germanic *kraftuz ‘strength, power’
Proto-West Germanic *kraftu ‘strength, power’
Old English cræft ‘strength, skill’
Middle English craft ‘strength, skill’
English craft
Today it means
noun A Freemason who has completed the second degree of initiation into Freemasonry.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fellowcraft