Afara

a member of a nomadic muslim people living in eritrea, djibouti, and northern ethiopia.
the northern cush-tic language spoken by the afars.
adverb
at, from, or to a great distance
noun
a great distance (esp in the phrase from afar)
adv.

contraction of middle english of feor (late 12c.), on ferr (c.1300), from old english feor “far” (see far); the a- representing both of and on compounds (which meant the same thing). spelled afer in 14c.
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