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Where does “frazil” come from?

frazil (English) comes from Canadian French frasil, from French fraisil, from Old French faisil.

frazil (English): A collection of stray ice crystals that form in...

Definitions

  1. A collection of stray ice crystals that form in...

Ancestry of “frazil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Canadian Frenchfrasil—
2Frenchfraisilcoal cinders
3Old Frenchfaisil—
Every word from Old French faisil →