Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

farebrother

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

Syllables
fare-broth-er
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old English.

Etymology

From Old English fæġer (“fair, beautiful”) + brōþor (“brother”), a nickname given to the brother of a fair person, or else to the better-looking of a pair of brothers. Alternatively, the surname may have been a nickname for a brother-in-law; compare French beau-frère (“brother-in-law”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Farebrothers (plural)

Questions

What does farebrother mean?
A surname from Old English.
Where does farebrother come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce farebrother

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