fivever
English
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Etymology
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Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe
Proto-Germanic *fimf
Proto-West Germanic *fimf
Old English fīf
Middle English fyf
English five
English fivever
Blend of five + forever, as a pun on four. Compare me three.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfaɪvɛvə(ɹ)/, /faɪvˈɛvə(ɹ)/, /faɪˈvɛvə(ɹ)/
Adverb
fivever (not comparable)
- (humorous, informal, nonstandard) Forever.
- 2001, Richard Lederer, “Four Cheers Five Victor Borge”, in Annals of Improbable Research, volume 7, number 1, page 24:
- His mother and he lived happily fivever after -- and so on, and so on, and so fifth.
- 2017, Sara Wolf, Remember Me Forever, page 147:
- Jemma stares at me forever. Fivever.
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- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *perkʷ-
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₂óyu
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- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *pénkʷe
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (before)
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂ey- (life)
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