Etymology

fivever

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Today it means: Forever. Full definition →

English forever ← Middle English ever ← Old English ǣfre
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pénkʷe
  2. Proto-Germanic*fimf
  3. Proto-West Germanic*fimf
  4. Old Englishfīf
  5. Middle Englishfyf
  6. Englishfive
  7. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*pr̥h₂i
  10. Proto-Germanic*furi
  11. Proto-West Germanic*furi
  12. Old Englishfor
  13. Middle Englishfor
  14. Englishfor
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ey-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂óyu
  17. Proto-Germanic*aiwaz
  18. Proto-West Germanic*aiw
  19. Old Englishā
  20. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  21. Proto-Germanic*in
  22. Proto-West Germanic*in
  23. Old Englishin
  24. Proto-Indo-European*perkʷ-
  25. Proto-Indo-European*pérkus
  26. Proto-Germanic*ferhuzder.?
  27. Proto-Germanic*ferhwą
  28. Proto-West Germanic*ferh
  29. Old Englishfeorh
  30. Old Englishǣfre
  31. Middle Englishever
  32. Englishever
  33. Englishforever
  34. English todayfivever

Blend of five + forever, as a pun on four. Compare me three.

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