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Where does “fressh” come from?

fressh (Middle English) comes from Old English fersc, from Proto-West Germanic frisk, from Proto-Germanic friskaz, from Proto-Indo-European preysk- — fresh.

fressh (Middle English): fresh; new; newly updated

Definitions

  1. fresh; new; newly updated

Ancestry of “fressh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishferscfresh
2Proto-West Germanicfriskfresh; unsalted
3Proto-Germanicfriskazfresh; not salty, unsalted
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpreysk-fresh

Words derived from “fressh”

  • fresh
  • freshness
  • freshwater
  • freshman
  • fresher
  • freshen
  • freshener
  • refreshen
  • unfresh
  • freshish
  • subfreshman
  • freshperson
  • freshmanhood
  • freshmanship
  • unfreshness
  • fresh lumpia
  • freshmanly
  • freshling
  • fresherdom
  • freshman fifteen
  • fresh lumpia
  • ffres
  • freshi
  • ফ্রেশ
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