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Where does “frappé” come from?

frappé (French) comes from Old French fraper, from Frankish hrapōn, from Proto-Germanic hrapōną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreb(h)-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

frappé (French): beaten, hit; past participle of frapper; downbeat

Definitions

  1. beaten, hit; past participle of frapper; downbeat

Ancestry of “frappé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfraperto hit; to strike
2Frankishhrapōnto jerk; snatch; to snatch, scuffle; to snatch
3Proto-Germanichrapōnąto scratch, scrape; to graze, make contact ,...
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kreb(h)-—
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “frappé”

  • frappe
  • frappé
  • frappadingue
  • フラッペ
  • φραπέ
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