Where does “Freo” come from?

Freo (English) comes from English Fremantle, from French Fromental, from Old French froit, from Old French freit, from Latin frīgidus, from Latin frīgeō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

Freo (English): Fremantle Football Club

Definitions

  1. Fremantle Football Club

Ancestry of “Freo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishFremantle
2FrenchFromentala place name, a commune in Limousin, France
3Old Frenchfroitcold
4Old Frenchfreitpast participle of freindre; Alternative form of...
5Latinfrīgiduscold, cool, chilling, frigid
6Latinfrīgeōto be cold or chilly; freeze
7Latin-eō
8Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
9Proto-Italic-ējō
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
11Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti