Where does “friso” come from?
friso (Esperanto) comes from French frison, from French Frise, from Middle French frise, from Italian fris, from Medieval Latin frisum, from Latin frigium, from Arabic إِفْرِيز, from Classical Syriac ܦܪܝܙܘܡܐ — to push, to stick.
friso (Esperanto): frieze; Frisian
Definitions
- frieze; Frisian
Ancestry of “friso”, step by step
friso traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French frison
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | frison | a lock of hair; Frisian, from or pertaining to... |
| 2 | French | Frise | — |
| 3 | Middle French | frise | — |
| 4 | Italian | fris | — |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | frisum | — |
| 6 | Latin | frigium | — |
| 7 | Arabic | إِفْرِيز | king beam, cornice |
| 8 | Classical Syriac | ܦܪܝܙܘܡܐ | — |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | περίζωμα | A loincloth worn around the waist |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | περῐ- | around; very; round about |
| 11 | New Latin | helium | helium |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | Ἥλιος | sun |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
via Dutch fries
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | fries | frieze; Frisian horse |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | Friese | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | Frieso | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | *Frēso | — |
| 5 | Old Frisian | Frēsa | — |
via German Friese
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Friese | Frisian; Friesian horse, Frisian horse |