Etymology

defriend

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Today it means: To remove from one's list of friends (e.g. on a social networking website). Full definition →

English friend ← Middle English frend ← Old English frēond
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*preyH-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*priHós
  9. Proto-Germanic*frijōną
  10. Proto-Germanic*frijōndz
  11. Proto-West Germanic*friund
  12. Old Englishfrēond
  13. Middle Englishfrend
  14. Englishfriend
  15. English todaydefriend

From de- + friend.

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