Etymology

friendsome

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Today it means: Indicating or characterised by friendship; in manner, like or befitting a friend; friendlike; friendly. Full definition →

Middle English frendsome
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromfrendsome
  2. English todayfriendsome

From Middle English frendsome, equivalent to friend + -some (adjective). Compare Scots friendsome (“friendly”), Dutch vriendzaam (“friendly”), German freundsam (“friendly”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.