Where does “frise” come from?
frise (Middle French) comes from Italian fris, from Medieval Latin frisum, from Latin frigium, from Arabic إِفْرِيز, from Classical Syriac ܦܪܝܙܘܡܐ, from Ancient Greek περίζωμα, from Ancient Greek περῐ-, from New Latin helium — to push, to hit.
Ancestry of “frise”, step by step
frise traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian fris
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | fris | — |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | frisum | — |
| 3 | Latin | frigium | — |
| 4 | Arabic | إِفْرِيز | king beam, cornice |
| 5 | Classical Syriac | ܦܪܝܙܘܡܐ | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | περίζωμα | A loincloth worn around the waist |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | περῐ- | around; very; round about |
| 8 | New Latin | helium | helium |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Ἥλιος | sun |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |