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wayfaring

Today it means: Travelling, especially on foot. Full definition →

Middle English wayferande ← Old English weġfarende

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Old English · inherited fromweġfarende
Middle English · inherited fromwayferande
English todaywayfaring

From Middle English wayferande, weyverinde, wayverinde, from Old English weġfarende, weġfērende (“wayfaring”), equivalent to way + faring. Cognate with Icelandic vegfarandi. More at wayfare.

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.