Where does “fryen” come from?

fryen (Middle English) comes from Old French frire, from Latin frīgō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- — shiny, light brown.

fryen (Middle English): To fry cook in hot fat

Definitions

  1. To fry cook in hot fat

Ancestry of “fryen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfrireto fry
2Latinfrīgōto roast, fry
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēr-shiny, light brown

Words derived from “fryen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- →Every word from Latin frīgō →Every word from Old French frire →