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Fēond has many cognates in Germanic: Old Frisian fiand, Dutch vijand, German Feind, all meaning “enemy.” Fēond comes from the Old English verb fēogan “to hate,” from a Germanic root fī - (from a very complicated Proto-Indo-European root pē-, pēi-, pī- “to hurt, harm”). Etymologically speaking, then, friend and fiend are acquaintances, and not relatives.","type":"word-story"},{"source":"dcom","text":"See acquaintance.","type":"synonym-study"},{"id":"00000000000000000003728a","text":"Spelling tips for friend\nThe word friend is hard to spell for two reasons. First, it sounds like [ frend ], making it easy to miss the i. Second, even if you know there is an i, it can be difficult to remember the order of the i and the e.How to spell friend: To remember that friend has an i in it, think of the phrase \"I see my friends on Friday.\" Both friend and Friday begin fri-. If you remember that friend has an i in it, but just can't remember where it goes, keep in mind the classic mnemonic device \"I before E, except after C.\"","type":"usage-wordpress"}],"ordinal":1,"origin":{"id":"55680a18000000020c00a78b","source":"dcom","text":"First recorded before 900; Middle English friend, frend, Old English frēond “friend, lover, relative” (cognate with Old Saxon friund, Old High German friunt ( German Freund ), Gothic frijōnds ), originally the present participle of frēogan, cognate with Gothic frijōn “to love”","type":"origin"},"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"antonyms":[{"entry":{"headword":"foe","slug":"foe"}},{"entry":{"headword":"enemy","slug":"enemy"}}],"id":"55680a18000000020c00a761","ordinal":1,"source":"random-house","synonyms":[{"entry":{"headword":"confidant","slug":"confidant"}},{"entry":{"headword":"crony","slug":"crony"}},{"entry":{"headword":"chum","slug":"chum"}},{"entry":{"headword":"comrade","slug":"comrade"}}],"text":"a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard."},{"crossReferences":[{"targetEntry":{"headword":"patron","id":"55680cc8000000023f003b32","slug":"patron"}},{"targetEntry":{"headword":"supporter","id":"55680eb300000001e40090d2","slug":"supporter"}}],"examples":[{"sentence":"friends of the Boston Symphony."}],"id":"55680a18000000020c00a763","ordinal":2,"source":"random-house","synonyms":[{"entry":{"headword":"advocate","slug":"advocate"}},{"entry":{"headword":"backer","slug":"backer"}}],"text":"a person who gives assistance; patron; supporter"},{"examples":[{"sentence":"Who goes there? 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