Where does “frauda” come from?

frauda (Romanian) comes from French fraude, from Old French fraude, from Latin fraus, from Proto-Indo-European dʰrewgʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰer- — to support; to hold.

frauda (Romanian): to defraud

Definitions

  1. to defraud

Ancestry of “frauda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfraudefraud; cheating; first-person singular present...
2Old Frenchfraudedeception, fraud
3LatinfrausA cheating, deceit, guile, fraud; A delusion,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrewgʰ-to deceive, to mislead; to serve one's tribe;...
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰer-to support; to hold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰrewgʰ- →Every word from Latin fraus →