Where does “franj” come from?

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

franj (Romanian): fringe

Definitions

  1. fringe

Ancestry of “franj”, step by step

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