Etymology

seafaring

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Middle English safarinde
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seafaring · adjective1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromsafarinde
  2. English todayseafaring

From Middle English safarinde, see farand, se farinde, equivalent to sea + faring (“travelling; journeying; going”). Compare Old English sǣ-līþende (“seafaring”). Cognate with Dutch zeevarend (“seafaring”), German Low German seefahrend (“seafaring”), German seefahrend (“seafaring”), Danish søfarende (“seafaring”), Swedish sjöfarande (“seafaring”).

seafaring · noun2

From sea + faring.

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