Where does “frêle” come from?

frêle (French) comes from Middle French fresle, from Old French fraisle, from Latin fragilis, from Proto-Italic fragelis.

frêle (French): frail

Definitions

  1. frail

Ancestry of “frêle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchfresle—
2Old Frenchfraisle—
3Latinfragilisfragile, brittle, easily broken, breakable; weak,...
4Proto-Italicfragelis—
Every word from Proto-Italic fragelis →Every word from Latin fragilis →Every word from Old French fraisle →