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Where does “sfrangiare” come from?

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

sfrangiare (Italian): To fringe or fray

Definitions

  1. To fringe or fray

Ancestry of “sfrangiare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfrangiareto fringe
2Italianfrangiafringe, forelock, bang; ruche, ruching, ruffle;...
3Frenchfrangefringe; inflection of franger: ## first-person...
4Old Frenchfrengefringe
5Vulgar Latinfrimbia—
6Latinfimbriaefibres, threads, shreds, fringe; nominative...
7Latinfimbriafringe, border, edge

Words derived from “sfrangiare”

  • sfrangiatura
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