Morpheme
Fast
Type
free base
Denotation
quick, rapid, firmly, strongly, vigorously; abstain, keep firm control of oneself; firm, secure, fixed, constant, strong
Etymology
Middle English fast, faste, fest, fasten; Old English fæst, fæste, fæstan
Evidence
barefast, bedfast, breakfast, breastfast, cragfast, earthfast, enfasten, fast, fastcore, fasted, fasten, fastened, fastener, fastening, fastens, faster, fastest, fastgang, fastgoing, fastgrowing, fasting, fastish, fastly, fastness, fastpack, fastpitch, fasts, headfast, holdfast, hyperfast, lockfast, makefast, masterfast, nailfast, nonfast, nonfasted, outfast, overfast, rainfast, semifast, serofast, setfast, shorefast, sitfast, steadfast, steadfastly, steadfastness, sternfast, sunfast, superfast, tubfast, ultrafast, unfast, unfasted, washfast, waterfast, wetfast
