Where does “friggle” come from?

friggle (English) comes from English Le, from French lé, from French moine, from Middle French moine, from Old French monie, from Latin monicus — sporadically attested in early Christian inscriptions from Gaul.

friggle (English): To wriggle; To fiddle, fumble

Definitions

  1. To wriggle; To fiddle, fumble

Ancestry of “friggle”, step by step

friggle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Le

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishLethe
2Frenchbreadth, width; strip, length
3Frenchmoinemonk
4Middle Frenchmoinemonk
5Old Frenchmoniemonk
6Latinmonicussporadically attested in early Christian inscriptions from Gaul

via English frig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishfrigto fidget, to wriggle around; to masturbate; to...
2Old EnglishFrīġFrigg, the Germanic goddess of love, wife of Odin
3Proto-West Germanic*FrījuFrigg, wife of Odin
4Proto-GermanicFrijjōFrigg
Every word from Latin monicusEvery word from Old French monieEvery word from Middle French moine
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