Where does “frangetta” come from?

frangetta (Italian) comes from Italian frangia, from French frange, from Old French frenge, from Vulgar Latin frimbia, from Latin fimbriae, from Latin fimbria — fringe, border, edge.

frangetta (Italian): fringe, bangs

Definitions

  1. fringe, bangs

Ancestry of “frangetta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfrangiafringe, forelock, bang; ruche, ruching, ruffle;...
2Frenchfrangefringe; inflection of franger: ## first-person...
3Old Frenchfrengefringe
4Vulgar Latinfrimbia—
5Latinfimbriaefibres, threads, shreds, fringe; nominative...
6Latinfimbriafringe, border, edge
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