Where does “fry” come from?

Fry comes from Middle English fry, from Old French frire, from Latin frigo, from Proto-Indo-European bʰer-.

fry (English): A method of cooking food; To be affected by...

Definitions

  1. A method of cooking food; To be affected by...

Ancestry of “fry”, step by step

fry traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English fryen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishfryenTo fry cook in hot fat
2Old Frenchfrireto fry
3Latinfrīgōto roast, fry
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēr-shiny, light brown

via Old Norse frjó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsefrjóseed; inflection of frjór: ## strong feminine...
2Proto-Germanicfraiwąseed, semen; gender; offspring
3Proto-Indo-European(s)per-to strew, sow, sprinkle; to sow, sprinkle, strew;...

Words derived from “fry

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr-Every word from Latin frīgōEvery word from Old French frire