Where does “franja” come from?

franja (Portuguese) comes from French frange, from Old French frenge, from Vulgar Latin frimbia, from Latin fimbriae, from Latin fimbria — fringe, border, edge.

franja (Portuguese): third-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “franja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfrangefringe; inflection of franger: ## first-person...
2Old Frenchfrengefringe
3Vulgar Latinfrimbia—
4Latinfimbriaefibres, threads, shreds, fringe; nominative...
5Latinfimbriafringe, border, edge

Words derived from “franja”

Every word from Latin fimbria →Every word from Latin fimbriae →Every word from Vulgar Latin frimbia →