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
- Possessing a fringe; simple past tense and past...
Ancestry of “fringed”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | frenged | fringed; having a fringe |
| 2 | Middle English | frenge | fringe |
| 3 | Old French | frenge | fringe |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | frimbia | — |
| 5 | Latin | fimbriae | fibres, threads, shreds, fringe; nominative... |
| 6 | Latin | fimbria | fringe, border, edge |