Etymology

fas

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Today it means: A border or fringe. Full definition →

Middle English fas ← Old English fæs
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromfæs
  2. Middle English · inherited fromfas
  3. English todayfas

From Middle English fas, from Old English fæs.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishfas all →

fasel

Old Englishfæs all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.