Where does “fremmit” come from?
fremmit (Scots) comes from Middle English fremmet, from Old English fremede, from Proto-Germanic framaþjaz, from Proto-Germanic fram-.
fremmit (Scots): foreign; unfamiliar; strange; alien
Definitions
- foreign; unfamiliar; strange; alien
Ancestry of “fremmit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | fremmet | — |
| 2 | Old English | fremede | first/third-person singular preterite of fremman;... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | framaþjaz | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fram- | — |