Word History: A friend is a lover, literally. The relationship between Latin amīcus "friend" and amō "I love" is clear, as is the relationship between Greek philos "friend" and phileō "I love." In English, though, we have to go back a millennium before we see the verb related to friend. At that time, frēond, the Old English word for "friend," was simply the present participle of the verb frēon, "to love." The Germanic root behind this verb is *frī-, which meant "to like, love, be friendly to." Closely linked to these concepts is that of "peace," and in fact Germanic made a noun from this root, *frithu-, meaning exactly that. Ultimately descended from this noun are the personal names Frederick, "peaceful ruler," and Siegfried, "victory peace." The root also shows up in the name of the Germanic deity Frigg, the goddess of love, who lives on today in the word Friday, "day of Frigg," from an ancient translation of Latin Veneris diēs, "day of Venus."
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Oh my! . oOh my! .
"FRIENDS"
well, i do have a lot of friends. friends in school, outside the schoool, friends in our place, etc.
they are all my peers wherein they just only know me by name or knows some part of me.
but friends and real friends are quite different.
"REAL FRIENDS"
the people whom i loved mOst! the people whom know me deeply and i know also well. they were my friends that I've shared almost my life. i can't live without them. my real friends mean a lot to me. they are one of the reason why i stood stand still when my father died lately. its to hard for me to accept that my both parents had gone already. but my friends didn't let me feel that im alone and withered. they didn't left me in my greatest challenge in life. my real friends help me recover and move on immediately. they're always there when i need them and as also with me. i did care for them and i help them also in return.
hope our friendship last forever. . .
I LOVE YOU, MY DEAR FRIENDS! :)
