Where does “fraindre” come from?

fraindre (Old French) comes from Latin frangō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

fraindre (Old French): to break

Definitions

  1. to break

Ancestry of “fraindre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfrangōto break, shatter
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer

Words derived from “fraindre”

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