Where does “frait” come from?

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

frait (Old French): past participle of fraindre; Alternative form of...

Definitions

  1. past participle of fraindre; Alternative form of...

Ancestry of “frait”, step by step

frait traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin fractus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfractusbroken, shattered, having been broken;...
2Latinfrangeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3Latinfrangōto break, shatter
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer

via Old French fraindre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfraindreto break

Words derived from “frait”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- →Every word from Latin frangō →Every word from Latin frangere →