Where does “frequent” come from?
Frequent comes from Old French frequenter, from Latin frequens meaning crowded or thronged, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰrekʷ-.
frequent (English): Done or occurring often; common; Occurring at...
Definitions
- Done or occurring often; common; Occurring at...
Ancestry of “frequent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | frequent | frequent; often |
| 2 | Latin | frequens | crowded, crammed, packed; frequent, repeated |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | frekʷents | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrekʷ- | to condense; to crowd together |
Words derived from “frequent”