Etymograph

English

fraise

Fraise comes from French fraise ‘ruff’.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentfraise‘ruff’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1874same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentfraise‘ruff’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1874same form

Earliest quotation: 1874, Peterson's Magazine - Volume 65: “Among the most conspicuous is the pelerine collar, made…”

The story

Borrowed from French fraise (‘ruff’), fraiser; compare French friser (‘curl’), perhaps from Provençal frezar; ultimately from Germanic.

Every English word from French fraise

Another origin of fraise

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰreh₂ǵ-omreconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*frāgomreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrāgumas frāga‘strawberry’
  4. Frenchc. 1600–present*fraigereconstructed
  5. French, derivedc. 1600–presentfraise‘strawberry’
  6. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

noun A type of palisade placed for defence around a berm; a defence consisting of pointed stakes driven into the ramparts in a horizontal or inclined position.

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