Etymology

infare

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Today it means: A party or other celebration held to mark someone's entrance into a new home, especially the arrival of a bride at her new home; a wedding reception. Full definition →

Middle English infer ← Old English infær
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  1. Old English · inherited frominfær“ingress, entrance, ingang”
  2. Middle English · inherited frominfer“entrance”
  3. English todayinfare

From Middle English infer (“entrance”), from Old English infær (“ingress, entrance, ingang”), from Proto-Germanic *in + *farą (“a going”), corresponding to in- + fare. Related to Old English infaru (“inroad, incursion, invasion”). Compare German einführen (“to introduce”).

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