Where does “fris” come from?
fris (Catalan) comes from Medieval Latin frisum, from Latin frigium, from Arabic إِفْرِيز, from Classical Syriac ܦܪܝܙܘܡܐ, from Ancient Greek περίζωμα, from Ancient Greek περῐ-, from New Latin helium, from Ancient Greek Ἥλιος — to push, to hit.
fris (Catalan): frieze
Ancestry of “fris”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | frisum | — |
| 2 | Latin | frigium | — |
| 3 | Arabic | إِفْرِيز | king beam, cornice |
| 4 | Classical Syriac | ܦܪܝܙܘܡܐ | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | περίζωμα | A loincloth worn around the waist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | περῐ- | around; very; round about |
| 7 | New Latin | helium | helium |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Ἥλιος | sun |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |