Where does “Frise” come from?

Frise (French) comes from Middle French frise, from Italian fris, from Medieval Latin frisum, from Latin frigium, from Arabic إِفْرِيز, from Classical Syriac ܦܪܝܙܘܡܐ, from Ancient Greek περίζωμα, from Ancient Greek περῐ- — to push, to hit.

Ancestry of “Frise”, step by step

Frise traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French frise

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchfrise
2Italianfris
3Medieval Latinfrisum
4Latinfrigium
5Arabicإِفْرِيزking beam, cornice
6Classical Syriacܦܪܝܙܘܡܐ
7Ancient GreekπερίζωμαA loincloth worn around the waist
8Ancient Greekπερῐ-around; very; round about
9New Latinheliumhelium
10Ancient GreekἭλιοςsun
11Ancient GreekτύποςA blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,...
12Ancient Greekτύπτωto beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself
13Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
14Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit

via French friser

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfriserto curl; to graze, to pass by barely touching; to...
2Old Frisianfrislecurly hair

via Latin Frisia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinFrisiaterritory of the Frisians

Words derived from “Frise

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew-