wayfare

The story

1. Old English · derived fromweġfarende“wayfaring”
2. Middle English · inherited fromweyfaren
3. English todaywayfare

From Middle English weyfaren, originally in participle form weyfarand, from Old English weġfarende (“wayfaring”), equivalent to way + faring. Cognate with Danish vejfarende (“wayfaring”), Swedish vägfarande, German wegfahren (“to drive away”), Icelandic vegfarandi (“wayfaring”). More at way, fare.

Words from the same roots