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Where does “frape” come from?

frape (English) comes from English Facebook, from English Book, from German būch, from Middle High German buoch, from Old High German buoh, from Proto-Germanic bōk, from Proto-Germanic bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- — to bake, to roast, to fry.

frape (English): A crowd, a rabble; An act of using another...

Definitions

  1. A crowd, a rabble; An act of using another...

Ancestry of “frape”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishFacebookA personal web profile on the social-networking...
2EnglishBook—
3Germanbūch—
4Middle High Germanbuoch—
5Old High Germanbuohbook
6Proto-Germanicbōk—
7Proto-Germanicbakanąto bake
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₃g-to bake, to roast, to fry

Words derived from “frape”

  • frapist
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