Etymograph

English

fremedly

Fremedly comes from Middle English fremedly.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fremedly
  2. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fremedly
  2. Englishtodaysame form

Formed from fremd + -ly

Proto-Germanic *framaþiz ‘foreign, not one's own’

Proto-West Germanic *framiþī ‘foreign, strange’

Old English fremde ‘foreign, strange’

Middle English fremde ‘strange, foreign’

English fremd

Today it means

adv As a fremd or stranger.

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

Etymograph / Middle English fremedly / fremedly