Where does “fryz” come from?
fryz (Polish) comes from French Frise, from Middle French frise, from Italian fris, from Medieval Latin frisum, from Latin frigium, from Arabic إِفْرِيز, from Classical Syriac ܦܪܝܙܘܡܐ, from Ancient Greek περίζωμα — to push, to hit.
fryz (Polish): frieze
Definitions
- frieze
Ancestry of “fryz”, step by step
fryz traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French Frise
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Frise | — |
| 2 | Middle French | frise | — |
| 3 | Italian | fris | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | frisum | — |
| 5 | Latin | frigium | — |
| 6 | Arabic | إِفْرِيز | king beam, cornice |
| 7 | Classical Syriac | ܦܪܝܙܘܡܐ | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | περίζωμα | A loincloth worn around the waist |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | περῐ- | around; very; round about |
| 10 | New Latin | helium | helium |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | Ἥλιος | sun |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
via Polish fryzura
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | fryzura | hairstyle, haircut |
| 2 | German | Frisur | haircut; hairdo; hairstyle |
| 3 | French | frisure | curl |
| 4 | French | -ure | Used to form nouns describing the result of an... |
| 5 | Old French | -ure | used to form usually feminine, usually abstract... |
| 6 | Latin | -tūra | ing, -ure, -work |
via German Friese
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Friese | Frisian; Friesian horse, Frisian horse |