fagraz
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fair — English has two distinct words fair, one Germanic and the other Romance. The older, meaning ‘beautiful’ [OE], comes from a prehistoric Germanic *fagraz, which survives also in Swedish fager ‘beautiful’. It derived from a base *fag , which seems… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
fair — {{11}}fair (adj.) O.E. fæger beautiful, lovely, pleasant, from P.Gmc. *fagraz (Cf. O.S.fagar, O.N. fagr, O.H.G. fagar beautiful, Goth. fagrs fit ), perhaps from PIE *pek to make pretty (Cf. Lith. puoЕЎiu I decorate ). The meaning in reference to… … Etymology dictionary
fagra- — *fagra , *fagraz, *fahra , *fahraz germ., Adjektiv: nhd. passend, freundlich, schön; ne. suitable, nice; Rekontruktionsbasis: got., an., ae., afries., as., ahd.; Etymologie: vergleiche … Germanisches Wörterbuch
fair — English has two distinct words fair, one Germanic and the other Romance. The older, meaning ‘beautiful’ [OE], comes from a prehistoric Germanic *fagraz, which survives also in Swedish fager ‘beautiful’. It derived from a base *fag , which seems… … Word origins
