verreweg

Significado (Inglés)

by far

Conceptos

de lejos

Traducciones

by far

bei weitem

weitaus

de loin

mit Abstand

de beaucoup

de bon tros

loin s’en faut

bei Weitem

μακράν

κατά πολύ

much

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈvɛ.rəˌʋɛɣ/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de neerlandés medio: verre wech

In summary

Univerbation of verre weg, an earlier spelling reflecting its original, literal meaning of "far away" (see verre and weg). The current meaning "by far" is attested as early as the late fifteenth century, as Middle Dutch verre wech. The word verre by itself (and indeed the secondary form ver) could also mean "by far" until as late as the nineteenth century.
Today, the word may be interpreted as verre + -weg; as a matter of fact, the -weg suffix is thought to derive from words formed by analogy with verreweg.