Where does “friezy” come from?
friezy (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.
friezy (English): Made of the coarse woollen cloth called frieze
Definitions
- Made of the coarse woollen cloth called frieze
Ancestry of “friezy”, step by step
friezy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English frieze
| 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 |
via English Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |