Where does “franoso” come from?
franoso (Italian) comes from Italian frana, from Vulgar Latin fragina, from Latin frangere, from Latin frangō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.
franoso (Italian): unstable
Ancestry of “franoso”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | frana | landslide, landslip; a downfall of a stack of... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | fragina | — |
| 3 | Latin | frangere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | frangō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrēǵ- | to shine, shimmer |
Words derived from “franoso”