Where does “friezeless” come from?
friezeless (English) comes from English frieze, from Middle French frise, from Italian fris, from Medieval Latin frisum, from Latin frigium, from Arabic إِفْرِيز, from Classical Syriac ܦܪܝܙܘܡܐ, from Ancient Greek περίζωμα — to push, to stick.
friezeless (English): Without a frieze
Ancestry of “friezeless”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | frieze | A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a... |
| 2 | Middle French | frise | — |
| 3 | Italian | fris | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | frisum | — |
| 5 | Latin | frigium | — |
| 6 | Arabic | إِفْرِيز | king beam, cornice |
| 7 | Classical Syriac | ܦܪܝܙܘܡܐ | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | περίζωμα | A loincloth worn around the waist |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | περῐ- | around; very; round about |
| 10 | New Latin | helium | helium |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | Ἥλιος | sun |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |