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afar off

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a⋅far

  [uh-fahr]
Use afar off in a Sentence
–adverb
1. from, at, or to a distance; far away (usually fol. by off): He saw the castle afar off.
—Idiom
2. from afar, from a long way off: The princess saw him riding toward her from afar.
Origin:
1125–75; ME a fer, on ferr; r. OE feorran. See a- 1 (perh. also a- 2 for the meaning “from”), far
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Word Origin & History

afar 
M.E. of feor (c.1175), on ferr (c.1300), from O.E. feor "far," the a- representing both of and on compounds (which meant the same thing). Spelled afer in 14c.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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