Where does “frene” come from?

frene (Mauritian Creole) comes from French freiner, from Latin frēnāre.

frene (Mauritian Creole): to brake

Definitions

  1. to brake

Ancestry of “frene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfreinerto brake; to put a stop on, to slow down the...
2Latinfrēnāre—
Every word from Latin frēnāre →Every word from French freiner →
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