Who invented the word friends?

Answer 1

The etymology of the word friend originates from before 900 AD is as follows:

From Middle English frende, frend, freond, from Old English frēond(“friend, relative, lover”, literally “loving-[one]”), from Proto-Germanic frijōndz(“lover, friend”), from Proto-Indo-European prēy-, prāy-(“to like, love”). Cognate with West Frisian freon, froen, freondinne(“friend”), Dutch vriend(“friend”), Low German frund, fründ(“friend, relative”), German Freund(“friend”), Danish frænde(“kinsman”), Swedish frände(“kinsman, relative”), Icelandic frændi(“kinsman”).