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
Ancestry of “frauda”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | fraude | fraud; cheating; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Old French | fraude | deception, fraud |
| 3 | Latin | fraus | A cheating, deceit, guile, fraud; A delusion,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰrewgʰ- | to deceive, to mislead; to serve one's tribe;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰer- | to support; to hold |