Part of speech: Adjective
more distant in especially space or time
Example: they live in the farther house
Part of speech: Adverb
to or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther' is used more frequently than `further' in this physical sense)
Example: farther north; moved farther away; farther down the corridor; the practice may go back still farther to the Druids; went only three miles further; further in the future
further – A related word in the same word family.
Place names often preserve ancient languages long after the people who spoke them are gone.