Where does “Frise” come from?
Frise (English) comes from Middle English Frīse, from Old Frisian Frīsa, from Esperanto friso, from French frison, from French Frise, from Middle French frise, from Italian fris, from Medieval Latin frisum — swell, wave.
Frise (English): Frisia
Definitions
- Frisia
Ancestry of “Frise”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | Frīse | — |
| 2 | Old Frisian | Frīsa | — |
| 3 | Esperanto | friso | frieze; Frisian |
| 4 | French | frison | a lock of hair; Frisian, from or pertaining to... |
| 5 | French | Frise | — |
| 6 | Middle French | frise | — |
| 7 | Italian | fris | — |
| 8 | Medieval Latin | frisum | — |
| 9 | Latin | frigium | — |
| 10 | Arabic | إِفْرِيز | king beam, cornice |
| 11 | Classical Syriac | ܦܪܝܙܘܡܐ | — |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | περίζωμα | A loincloth worn around the waist |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | περῐ- | around; very; round about |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | κῦμα | swell, wave, billow; fetus, embryo |
| 15 | Proto-Hellenic | kūmə | swell, wave |