Etymograph

English

fremman

Blend of fremd + man.

A blend of fremd + man

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

Proto-Germanic *mann- ‘human being, person, man’

Proto-West Germanic *mann ‘person’

Old English mann ‘human being, person, man’

Middle English man

English man

Today it means

noun A person not related; a non-relative or non-relation; a stranger.

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

Etymograph / fremman