afar

afar
afar (adv.) contraction of Middle English of feor (late 12c.), on ferr (c.1300), from O.E. feor "far" (see FAR (Cf. far)); the a- representing both of and on compounds (which meant the same thing). Spelled afer in 14c.

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  • afar — ► ADVERB chiefly literary ▪ at or to a distance …   English terms dictionary

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