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Where does “fripier” come from?

fripier (French) comes from French friper, from Old French frepe, from Latin faluppa — chaff.

fripier (French): secondhand clothes dealer

Definitions

  1. secondhand clothes dealer

Ancestry of “fripier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfriperto crumple, crush
2Old Frenchfrepea rag
3Latinfaluppachaff

Words derived from “fripier”

  • fripper
Every word from Latin faluppa →