Where does “Fresco” come from?

Fresco (Portuguese) comes from Italian fresco, from Frankish frisk, from Proto-Germanic friskaz, from Proto-Indo-European preysk- — fresh.

Fresco (Portuguese): fresh new or clean

Definitions

  1. fresh new or clean

Ancestry of “Fresco”, step by step

Fresco traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian fresco

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfrescofresh; cool; wet, fresh
2Frankishfriskfresh, unsalted; fresh; unsalted
3Proto-Germanicfriskazfresh; not salty, unsalted
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpreysk-fresh

via Old Portuguese fresco

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesefresco—

Words derived from “Fresco”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European preysk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic friskaz →Every word from Frankish frisk →
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