Where does “fries” come from?
fries (Dutch) comes from French Frise, from Middle French frise, from Italian fris, from Medieval Latin frisum, from Latin frigium, from Arabic إِفْرِيز, from Classical Syriac ܦܪܝܙܘܡܐ, from Ancient Greek περίζωμα — to push, to hit.
fries (Dutch): frieze; Frisian horse
Definitions
- frieze; Frisian horse
Ancestry of “fries”, step by step
fries traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French Frise
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Frise | — |
| 2 | Middle French | frise | — |
| 3 | Italian | fris | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | frisum | — |
| 5 | Latin | frigium | — |
| 6 | Arabic | إِفْرِيز | king beam, cornice |
| 7 | Classical Syriac | ܦܪܝܙܘܡܐ | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | περίζωμα | A loincloth worn around the waist |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | περῐ- | around; very; round about |
| 10 | New Latin | helium | helium |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | Ἥλιος | sun |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
via Middle Dutch Friese
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | Friese | — |
| 2 | Old Dutch | Frieso | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | *Frēso | — |
| 4 | Old Frisian | Frēsa | — |
via Dutch S
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | S | — |