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Where does “fraid” come from?

fraid (Norman) comes from Old French freid, from Latin frīgidus, from Latin frīgeō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

fraid (Norman): cold

Definitions

  1. cold

Ancestry of “fraid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfreidcold
2Latinfrīgidus—
3Latinfrīgeō—
4Latin-eō—
5Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
6Proto-Italic-ējō—
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
8Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “fraid”

  • fraidement
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