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Where does “fresne” come from?

fresne (Old French) comes from Latin fraxinus, from Proto-Italic fraksinos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰr̥Hǵ-s-inos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerHǵos — birch.

fresne (Old French): ash tree

Definitions

  1. ash tree

Ancestry of “fresne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfraxinusan ash tree; an ashen spear or javelin; of ash...
2Proto-Italicfraksinos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰr̥Hǵ-s-inos—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerHǵosbirch

Words derived from “fresne”

  • frêne
  • Dufresne
  • frênaie
  • frêne
  • fresne
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