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Where does “frescura” come from?

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

frescura (Portuguese): freshness; overly sentimental, picky or...

Definitions

  1. freshness; overly sentimental, picky or...

Ancestry of “frescura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseFresco—
2Italianfrescofresh; cool; wet, fresh
3Frankishfriskfresh, unsalted; fresh; unsalted
4Proto-Germanicfriskazfresh; not salty, unsalted
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpreysk-fresh
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