Etymology

From Old English fæġer ‎(“fair, lovely, beautiful; pleasant, agreeable; attractive”), from Proto-Germanic *fagraz ‎(“suitable, fitting, nice”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- ‎(“to fasten, place”), equivalent to fæġer +‎ -nes. Cognate with Old High German fagarnessi ‎(“beauty; fairness”), Swedish fägring ‎(“beauty”), Icelandic fegurð ‎(“beauty”).