fard

fard · verb, noun¹

1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*faru
2. Old High German · derived fromgifarwit“coloured, painted”
3. Old French · derived fromfart“cosmetics, make-up”
4. French · derived fromfard“cosmetics, make-up”
5. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*perḱ-“coloured; motley”
6. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*farwiþōną“to colour”
7. Frankish · derived from*farwidōn“to colour, dye”
8. Old French · derived fromfarder“to make up or paint the face; to disguise; to represent in a false light”
9. Middle French · derived fromfarder
10. Middle English · inherited fromfarden“to apply cosmetics”
11. English todayfard

The verb is derived from Middle English farden (“to apply cosmetics”) or Middle French farder, from Old French farder (“to make up or paint the face; to disguise; to represent in a false light”), from Frankish *farwidōn (“to colour, dye”), from Proto-Germanic *farwiþōną (“to colour”), from *farwō (“colour”), from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“coloured; motley”). The word is cognate with Icelandic farða, Latin pulcher (“beautiful”), Old High German farwjan (“to colour”) (modern German Farbe (“colour”)), Middle Low German varwe (“colour”) (Low German Farwe (“colour”)), Welsh erch (“dark brown”). The noun is derived from French fard (“cosmetics, make-up”), from Old French fart (“cosmetics, make-up”) (masculine) (farde (feminine)); further etymology is uncertain, but a possible derivation is from Old High German gifarwit (“coloured, painted”), past participle of farwjan (“to colour”), from Proto-West Germanic *faru (related to the verb).

fard · noun, adjective²

1. Arabic · borrowed fromفَرْض“religious duty”
2. English todayfard

Borrowed from Arabic فَرْض (farḍ, “religious duty”), from فَرَضَ (faraḍa, “to ordain, make obligatory, specify”).

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