Where does “frayer” come from?

frayer (Old French) comes from Latin fricare, from Latin frico, from Latin frio, from Proto-Italic *friāō.

Ancestry of “frayer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfricarepresent active infinitive of fricō; second-person...
2LatinfricoI rub; I chafe
3LatinfrioI crumble, rub, or break into pieces
4Proto-Italic*friāō—
Every word from Proto-Italic *friāō →Every word from Latin frio →Every word from Latin frico →