Etymology

enfasten

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Today it means: To fasten, to bind tightly. Full definition →

English en- -en ← Middle English fast ← Old English fæst
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*fastuz
  2. Proto-West Germanic*fast
  3. Old Englishfæst
  4. Middle Englishfast
  5. Englishfast
  6. Englishen- -en
  7. English todayenfasten

From fast + en- -en.

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