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Where does “frais” come from?

frais (French) comes from Middle French frais, from Old French freis, from Vulgar Latin *friscum, from Proto-Germanic friskaz, from Proto-Indo-European preysk- — fresh.

frais (French): fresh; cool; recent, something that has just...

Definitions

  1. fresh; cool; recent, something that has just...

Ancestry of “frais”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchfraisfresh
2Old Frenchfreis—
3Vulgar Latin*friscum—
4Proto-Germanicfriskazfresh; not salty, unsalted
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpreysk-fresh

Words derived from “frais”

  • fraîchir
  • défraîchir
  • fre
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