Where does “friskee” come from?

friskee (English) comes from English frisk, from Middle English frisk, from Middle French frisque, from Middle Dutch frisc — fresh.

friskee (English): One who is frisked

Definitions

  1. One who is frisked

Ancestry of “friskee”, step by step

friskee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English frisk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfriskLively; brisk; A frolic; a fit of wanton gaiety;...
2Middle Englishfrisklively, frisky
3Middle Frenchfrisquelively; vivacious; alert; aware; violent; bloody
4Middle Dutchfriscfresh

via English EE

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEEInitialism of electrical engineering
2Cantonese噫—
Every word from Middle Dutch frisc →Every word from Middle French frisque →Every word from Middle English frisk →