fare English · revision 15160

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=c. 725|origins=ine-pro *per-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /feə/, US /fer/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The verb is [[inh|enm|faren]], [[inh|ang|faran|t=to journey, make one's way]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(Hoad 1986) from [[gem-pro|*faranan|t=to go]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) cognate with [[osx|faran]], [[goh|faran]], [[non|fara]] and [[ofs|fara]], and modern [[nl|varen]] and [[de|fahren]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[ine-pro|*per-|t=to lead, pass over]].^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) The noun blends [[m|ang|fær|t=journey, road]] and [[m|ang|faru|t=journey, expedition, companions]], both formed from the verb.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The verb, to journey or travel: about 725.^(Barnhart 1988) The noun, a journey: about 1000 in Old English, and 1120 as Middle English fare.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The verb meant to get along, well or badly, from about 1000,^(Barnhart 1988) and to be provided with food from about 1350;^(Barnhart 1988) it is now only literary.^(Hoad 1986) The noun's first sense, a journey, survives only in compounds such as [[wayfarer]] and [[seafaring]].^(Etymonline) Food provided is from about 1200.^(Etymonline) The sense of conveyance appears in Scots in the early 15th century and led to the payment for a passage in the 1510s,^(Etymonline) and a passenger is a fare from the 1560s.^(Etymonline) [[farewell|alt=Farewell]] is an imperative, “proceed happily”.^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 725 – to journey (verb).^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * c. 1000 – a journey; to get along.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * c. 1200 – food provided.^(Etymonline)

+ * c. 1350 – to be provided with food.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1510s – the price of a passage.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1560s – a passenger.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The money charged for a journey by bus, train, plane or taxi.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A paying [[passenger]], especially in a taxi.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Food and drink; [[diet]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To get on or manage in a particular way: ''he fared well''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To turn out or happen, with ''it'' as subject.^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(archaic)'' To eat or dine.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(archaic)'' To go or travel.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[farer]]

+ * [[airfare]]

+ * [[carfare]]

+ * [[fieldfare]]

+ * [[thoroughfare]]

+ * [[farebox]]

+ * [[infare]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[farewell]]

+ * [[wayfarer]]

+ * [[ford]]

+ * [[ferry]]

+ * [[port]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Fare, a litter of pigs (1557), is a separate word, an alteration of [[farrow]].^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}