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English word fair comes from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱrós, Proto-Germanic - raz, and later Proto-Germanic *fagraz (Suitable, fitting, appropriate, nice.)

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*ph₂ḱrós (Proto-Indo-European)

- raz (Proto-Germanic)

*fagraz (Proto-Germanic)

Suitable, fitting, appropriate, nice.

fæger (Old English)

Beautiful, good-looking, attractive.

fæġer (Old English)

fager (Middle English)

fair (English)

Clearly, openly, frankly, civilly, honestly, favorably, auspiciously, agreeably (obsolete) A woman, a member of the ‘fair sex’; also as a collective singular, women.. (obsolete) Fairness, beauty.. (obsolete) Good fortune; good luck.. A fair woman; a sweetheart.. Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective). (baseball) Between the baselines.. (literary, _, or, _, archaic) [...]

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