Etymograph

English

frayproof

From fray + -proof.

Formed from fray + -proof

Proto-Indo-European *bʰreyH- ‘to cut’

Old French fraier

Middle English fraien ‘to beat so as to cause bruising, to bruise’

English fray

Today it means

adj Resistant to fraying.

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

Etymograph / frayproof