Where does “frange” come from?

frange (Norman) comes from Old French frenge, from Vulgar Latin frimbia, from Latin fimbriae, from Latin fimbria — fringe, border, edge.

frange (Norman): fringe

Definitions

  1. fringe

Ancestry of “frange”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfrengefringe
2Vulgar Latinfrimbia—
3Latinfimbriaefibres, threads, shreds, fringe; nominative...
4Latinfimbriafringe, border, edge
Every word from Latin fimbria →Every word from Latin fimbriae →Every word from Vulgar Latin frimbia →