Etymology

make friends

Today it means: To form friendships with others. Full definition →

Middle English maken frendes
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  1. Middle English · inherited frommaken frendes
  2. English todaymake friends

From Middle English maken frendes, equivalent to make + friends.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.