Etymology

friendship

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Today it means: The condition of being friends. Full definition →

Middle English frendschipe ← Old English frēondsċiepe ← Proto-West Germanic *friundskapi
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*preyH-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*priHós
  3. Proto-Germanic*frijōną
  4. Proto-Germanic*frijōndz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*friund
  6. Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
  7. Proto-West Germanic*friundskapi
  8. Old Englishfrēondsċiepe
  9. Middle Englishfrendschipe
  10. English todayfriendship

From Middle English frendschipe, frendshipe, from Old English frēondsċiepe, from Proto-West Germanic *friundskapi. Equivalent to friend + -ship.

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