English word fellow comes from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥ǵʰ-, Old Norse félag, Proto-Indo-European *pelǵʰ-, and later Proto-Germanic *felgō (Felly, outer rim of a wheel.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*pl̥ǵʰ- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
félag | Old Norse (non) | |
*pelǵʰ- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
félagi | Old Norse (non) | |
*felgō | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | Felly, outer rim of a wheel. |
felġe | Old English (ca. 450-1100) (ang) | |
felage | Middle English (1100-1500) (enm) | |
fellow | English (en) | (archaic) A companion; a comrade.. (colloquial) A male person; a man.. (heading) A rank or title in the professional world, usually given as "Fellow".. (obsolete) A colleague or partner.. (rare) A person; an individual, male or female.. A man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man.. A member of a literary or scientific society. An equal in power, rank, character, etc.. In an [...] |