Where does “defrayment” come from?

defrayment (English) comes from English defray, from Middle French desfrayer, from Old French fraier, from Latin fricāre, from Latin frio, from Proto-Italic *friāō.

defrayment (English): The payment of charges

Definitions

  1. The payment of charges

Ancestry of “defrayment”, step by step

defrayment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English defray

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdefrayTo pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something)
2Middle Frenchdesfrayer—
3Old Frenchfraierto spend
4Latinfricāre—
5LatinfrioI crumble, rub, or break into pieces
6Proto-Italic*friāō—

via English ment

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmentsimple past tense and past participle of meng;...
2Korean멘트—
Every word from Proto-Italic *friāō →Every word from Latin frio →Every word from Latin fricāre →