Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *fastuz
Proto-West Germanic *fast
Old English fæst
Middle English fast
English fast
English -er
English faster
From fast (“quick; quickly”) + -er.
Meanings
(comparative, form-of) comparative form of fast: more fast
Other paths can be occupied by oil trains from Grain, timber trains for Chirk, cement trains for Clitheroe, as well as engineering trains running this way to avoid the West Coast Main Line and other 60mph services squeezed off the WCML to make way for faster passenger and freight trains. 2025 July 9, Philip Haigh, “When the WCML closes, can the S&C take the strain?”, in RAIL, number 1039, page 22:
The renewal of track by cranes and special tracklaying machines which lift out entire 60 ft. lengths of old track and lay in pre-assembled 60 ft. lengths of new, allows the process of renewal to proceed at a considerably faster rate than possible by older methods. 1953 September, “Restoring British Permanent Way to Prewar Standards”, in Railway Magazine, page 587:
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *fastuz
Proto-West Germanic *fast
Old English fæst
Middle English fast
English fast
English -er
English faster
From fast (“quick; quickly”) + -er.
Meanings
(comparative, form-of) comparative form of fast: more fast
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *fastuz
Proto-West Germanic *fast
Old English fæst
Middle English fast
English fast
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzios
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English faster
From fast (“refrain from eating”) + -er.
Meanings
One who fasts, or voluntarily refrains from eating.
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fasters
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Translations (24)
eu baraugile (one who fasts) · it digiunatrice (one who fasts) · ro ajunător (one who fasts) · la iēiūnātrīx (one who fasts) · es ayunador (one who fasts) · br yuner (one who fasts) · ro postitoare (one who fasts) · ro ajunătoare (one who fasts) · tr perhizkâr (one who fasts) · bn রোজাদার (one who fasts) · fr jeûneur (one who fasts) · ro postitor (one who fasts) · es ayunadora (one who fasts) · la iēiūnātor (one who fasts) · ca dejunador (one who fasts) · cy ymprydiwr (one who fasts) · kmr rojîgir (one who fasts) · it digiunatore (one who fasts) · fr jeûneuse (one who fasts) · pt jejuador (one who fasts) · ca dejunadora (one who fasts) · pt jejuadora (one who fasts) · kmr birojî (one who fasts) · sw mfunga (one who fasts)