An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/vornehm

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, V (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
vornehm
Friedrich Kluge2507844An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, V — vornehm1891John Francis Davis

vornehm, adj., ‘distinguished, aristocratic,’ from MidHG. vürnœme, ‘preferable, distinguished’; comp. angenehm.