Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗Often followed by of: glad, well-pleased. · Glad, contented, or satisfied to do something in the absence of a better alternative. · Compelled or obliged to. · Chiefly followed by to, or (obsolete) for or of: eager or willing, or inclined.
From Middle English fain (“enjoyable, pleasing; fond of; glad, pleased; good, suitable; happy, joyful”), from Old English fægen (“happy, joyful, fain”), from Proto-West Germanic *fagan (“glad”), from Proto-Germanic *faganaz (“glad”), from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“joyful; pretty”). Cognates * Old Norse fagna (“to rejoice”), feginn (“glad, joyful”) * Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽 (faginōn, “to rejoice”) * Old High German fehan, gifehan (“to rejoice”) * Old Saxon fagan, fagin
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- Root classification mention*peḱ-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionfainenm · enjoyable, pleasing; fond of; glad, pleased; good, suitable; happy, joyful
- Inherited-form mentionfægenang · happy, joyful, fain
- Inherited-form mention*fagangmw-pro · glad
- Inherited-form mention*faganazgem-pro · glad
- Inherited-form mention*peḱ-ine-pro · joyful; pretty
- Cognate mentionfagnanon · to rejoice
- Cognate mention𐍆𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽got · to rejoice
- Cognate mentionfehangoh
- Cognate mentionfaganosx
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