Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Frequent.
adv
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryFrequently; many times on different occasions.
From Middle English often, alteration (with final -n added due to analogy with Middle English selden (“seldom”)) of Middle English ofte, oft, from Old English oft (“often”), from Proto-Germanic *ufta, *uftō (“often”). Cognates Cognate with Scots affen, aften, af'en, oaffen, oaften, oftin (“often”), North Frisian aaft, oftem, oofting (“often”), Saterland Frisian oafte (“often”), German, Luxembourgish and Pennsylvania German oft (“often”), Yiddish אָפֿט (oft, “often”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk ofte (“often”), Faroese, Swedish ofta (“often”), Icelandic oft (“often”), Gothic 𐌿𐍆𐍄𐌰 (ufta, “often”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionoftenenm
- Cognate mentionseldenenm · seldom
- Inherited-form mentionofteenm
- Inherited-form mentionoftang · often
- Inherited-form mention*uftagem-pro
- Cognate mentionaffensco
- Cognate mentionaaftfrr
- Cognate mentionoaftestq · often
- Cognate mentionoftpdc · often
- Cognate mentionאָפֿטyi · often
- Cognate mentionoftenn · often
- Cognate mentionoftasv · often
- Cognate mentionoftis · often
- Cognate mention𐌿𐍆𐍄𐌰got · often
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