Fare Definition
Other Word Forms of Fare
Noun
Origin of Fare
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From Old English faran (“to journey”), from Proto-Germanic *faraną, from Proto-Indo-European *por- (“going, passage”). Cognates include West Frisian farre, Dutch varen, German fahren (“to travel”), Danish fare, Icelandic fara (“to go”) and Swedish fara (“to travel”).
From Wiktionary
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From the merger of Old English fær (“journey, road”), a neuter, + faru (“journey, companions, baggage”), feminine, both from faran (“to journey”), from Proto-Germanic *faraną, from Proto-Indo-European *por- (“going, passage”).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English faren from Old English faran per-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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