Afar
/əˈfɑːr/noun
At or to a great distance; far away.
Did you know?Afar comes from Old English phrases meaning literally “at far,” so English once encoded distance as a position, not just a feeling.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
on feor
“at a distance; far away”
Old English
OE
a feor
“ever far; far away”
Middle English
ME
afar
“at a distance; far away”
Modern English
English
afar
“at or to a great distance”