Where does “freshet” come from?

Freshet derives from Old French freschete, from Old French fres (fresh), from Frankish frisk, from Proto-Germanic friskaz, from Proto-Indo-European preysk-.

freshet (English): A flood resulting from heavy rain or a spring...

Definitions

  1. A flood resulting from heavy rain or a spring...

Ancestry of “freshet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfreschete—
2Old Frenchfreschefeminine singular of fres; fresh

Words derived from “freshet”

Every word from Old French fresche →Every word from Old French freschete →