English
make friends
Make friends comes from Middle English maken frendes.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500maken frendes
- Englishtodaymake friends
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500maken frendes
- Englishtodaymake friends
Formed from make + friends
Proto-Germanic *makaz ‘fit, suitable, agreeable’
Proto-West Germanic *mak ‘fit, suitable’
Proto-West Germanic *makōn ‘to make suitable; to build, make’
Old English macian ‘to make, build, work’
Middle English maken
English make
Every English word from Middle English maken frendes
Today it means
verb To form friendships with others.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English maken frendes / make friends