Other forms: fellows
A fellow is a man, or somebody in the same situation as you. A decent fellow, fellow passengers, my fellow citizens.
As a plain noun for a man it is dated and mild. As a modifier it means sharing your position: fellow students, fellow travellers. A Fellow of a college or a learned society is an elected member, which is a formal honour. Note fellowship; and that the word means one who lays down money with another, from an Old Norse term for a business partnership.
1nounfellowA man, or somebody in the same situation as you.
“He's a friendly old fellow who feeds the ducks in the park every morning.”
2nounelectedAn elected member of a college or society.
“She was made a fellow of the college for her work on the history of medicine.”
Too few real examples of this word to estimate which sense is commonest.
fellow is a person or a member.
Old Norse felagi means a partner in a joint venture — fe, property, plus lag, a laying down. A fellow is literally one who puts money in with you.
Proto-Indo-European
*peḱ- — livestock; wealth
Old Norse
félagi
Old English
fēolaga
Middle English
felawe,felowe — companion, good friend
English, today
fellow
Built from
From Middle English felawe,felowe (“companion, good friend”) from Old English fēolaga, from Old Norse félagi, derived from félag (“joint venture; partnership”) literally “a laying together of property”, from fé (“livestock, property; money”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European peḱ- (“livestock; wealth”)) + lag (“something laid down; right position; arrangement; companionship, fellowship; partnership”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- (“to lie down”)). 2
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA