Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust. · To construct by fitting together or uniting various parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts. · To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise. · To put together the structural elements of (a constructed object such as a building).
From Middle English framen, fremen, fremmen (“to construct, build, strengthen, refresh, perform, execute, profit, avail”), from Old English framian, fremian, fremman (“to profit, avail, advance”), from Proto-West Germanic *frammjan, from Proto-Germanic *framjaną (“to further, promote, perform”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“front, forward”). Cognate with Low German framen (“to commit, effect”), Danish fremme (“to promote, further, perform”), Swedish främja (“to promote, encourage, foster”), Icelandic fremja (“to commit”). More at from.
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- Inherited-form mentionframenenm
- Inherited-form mentionframianang
- Inherited-form mention*frammjangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*framjanągem-pro · to further, promote, perform
- Derivation mention*promo-ine-pro · front, forward
- Cognate mentionframennds
- Cognate mentionfremmeda
- Cognate mentionfrämjasv
- Cognate mentionfremjais
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