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Where does “fresne” come from?

fresne (Middle French) comes from Old French fraisne, from Latin fraxinus, from Proto-Italic fraksinos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰr̥Hǵ-s-inos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerHǵos — birch.

fresne (Middle French): ash tree

Definitions

  1. ash tree

Ancestry of “fresne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchfraisneAlternative form of fresne
2Latinfraxinusan ash tree; an ashen spear or javelin; of ash...
3Proto-Italicfraksinos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰr̥Hǵ-s-inos—
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerHǵosbirch

Words derived from “fresne”

  • frênaie
  • frêne
  • Dufresne
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