The story
- Old English · inherited from*fērrǣden
- Middle English · inherited fromferrede
- English todayferede
From Middle English ferrede, ferreden, from Old English *fērrǣden, ġefērrǣden (“companionship, fellowship, friendship, society, fraternity, congregation”), equivalent to fere + -red.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.