Etymograph

English

frailish

From frail + -ish.

Formed from frail + -ish

Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- ‘to break’

Proto-Italic *fragelis

Latin fragilis ‘fragile, brittle, easily broken, breakable’

Old French fraile ‘fragile’

Middle English frele

English frail

Today it means

adj Somewhat frail.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / frailish