fare

English

/fɛə(ɹ)/, /feɚ/, /fɛɹ/

noun
Definitions
  • (obsolete) A going; journey; travel; voyage; course; passage.
  • (countable) Money paid for a transport ticket.
  • (countable) A paying passenger, especially in a taxi.
  • (uncountable) Food and drink.
  • (uncountable) Supplies for consumption or pleasure.
  • (countable) A prostitute's client.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English fare (journey, going) inherited from Old English fær (journey, road) inherited from Proto-Germanic *farą derived from Proto-Indo-European *per- (risk, bring forth, fare, through, try, go, traverse, across, carry forth, bring forward, produce, procure, forth, before, attempt, over, go over, pass through, go through, beyond, research, bear, forward, penetrate, put across, sell, lead across, front, formerly, dare, throughout, ferry, cross, transfer, pierce, strike, a going, peril, first, beat, out, passage, of, bring carry over, pass, next, in front).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*per-

Gloss

risk, bring forth, fare, through, try, go, traverse, across, carry forth, bring forward, produce, procure, forth, before, attempt, over, go over, pass through, go through, beyond, research, bear, forward, penetrate, put across, sell, lead across, front, formerly, dare, throughout, ferry, cross, transfer, pierce, strike, a going, peril, first, beat, out, passage, of, bring carry over, pass, next, in front

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