Where does “fringed” come from?

Fringed comes from Middle English frenged, formed with the past participle suffix -ed from Old English -od and Proto-Germanic -ōdaz, ultimately from Latin fimbriae meaning "threads" or "fringe."

fringed (English): Possessing a fringe; simple past tense and past...

Definitions

  1. Possessing a fringe; simple past tense and past...

Ancestry of “fringed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfrengedfringed; having a fringe
2Middle Englishfrengefringe
3Old Frenchfrengefringe
4Vulgar Latinfrimbia
5Latinfimbriaefibres, threads, shreds, fringe; nominative...
6Latinfimbriafringe, border, edge

Words derived from “fringed

Every word from Latin fimbria