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Where does “fringue” come from?

fringue (French) comes from French fringuer, from Middle French fringuer, from Old French fringue, from Frankish hringila — ring, loop.

fringue (French): gear , dress, clothes; first-person singular...

Definitions

  1. gear , dress, clothes; first-person singular...

Ancestry of “fringue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfringuerto tog up
2Middle Frenchfringuer—
3Old Frenchfringuegarment, clothing
4Frankishhringilaring, loop
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