English
friendful
Friendful comes from Middle English frendful ‘friendly, kind’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *frijōndz.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*frijōndz‘friend, loved one’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*friund‘friend’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150frēond‘friend’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500frend‘a friend or compatriot’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500frendfulas freendful‘friendly, kind’
- Englishearliest quotation 2010friendful
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*frijōndz‘friend, loved one’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*friund‘friend’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150frēond‘friend’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500frend‘a friend or compatriot’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500frendfulas freendful‘friendly, kind’
- Englishearliest quotation 2010friendful
Earliest quotation: 2010, Michael Joseph Coughlin: “It might have been that these occasions held a…”
Formed from friend + -ful
Proto-Indo-European *preyH- ‘to please’
Proto-Germanic *frijōndz ‘friend’
Proto-West Germanic *friund
Old English frēond
Middle English freend
English friend
Linked words
through Middle English frend ‘a friend or compatriot’
Today it means
adj Full of friendlihood; friendly.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *frijōndz / friendful