frendly
Middle English
/ˈfreːndliː/
adj
Definitions
- Friendly, amicable; acting like a friend.
- Inviting, characteristic of friendliness.
- Good, advantageous, useful; having utility.
- (rare) Having a good relationship with someone.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English frēondliċ inherited from Proto-Germanic *frijōndlīkaz affix from Middle English frend.
Origin
Middle English
frend
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- biofriendly English
- eco-friendly English
- enviro-friendly English
- envirofriendly English
- friend English
- friendlihead English
- friendlihood English
- friendlily English
- friendliness English
- friendly English
- friendlyish English
- guest-friendly English
- heterofriendly English
- nonfriendly English
- overfriendly English
- printer-friendly English
- radio-friendly English
- search-engine-friendly English
- unfriendly English
- user-friendly English
- *frijōndlīkaz Proto-Germanic
- フレンドリー Japanese
- *unfrēondlīċ Old English
- freondlic Old English
- frēond Old English
- frēondliċ Old English
- frēondlīċ Old English
- fre Middle English
- frend Middle English
- frenden Middle English
- frenderede Middle English
- frendful Middle English
- frendles Middle English
- frendman Middle English
- frendschip Middle English
- onfrend Middle English
- unfrendly Middle English
- frýnligr Old Norse
- friuntlīh Old High German
- ידידותי Hebrew (modern)
- *friuntlik Old Dutch
- freend Scots
- friōndlik Old Frisian
- vriene Yola