oft

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*uftō“often”
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*oftu
3. Old English · inherited fromoft“often”
4. Middle English · inherited fromoft
5. English todayoft

From Middle English oft (also ofte, often > Modern English often), from Old English oft (“often”), from Proto-West Germanic *oftu, *oftō, from Proto-Germanic *uftō (“often”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian oafte (“oft, often”), West Frisian oft, ofte (“oft, often”), Dutch oft (“oft, often”), German oft (“oft, often”). More at often.

Words from the same roots