verreweg

Significado (Inglés)

by far

Traducións

by far

bei weitem

weitaus

de loin

mit Abstand

de lejos

loin s’en faut

κατά πολύ

bei Weitem

μακράν

de bon tros

much

de beaucoup

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈvɛ.rəˌʋɛɣ/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle Dutch: 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.