English
frazil
Frazil comes from French fraisil ‘coal cinders’, and goes back to Old French faisil.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400faisil
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfraisil‘coal cinders’
- Canadian Frenchmodernfrasil
- Englishearliest quotation 1888frazil
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400faisil
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfraisil‘coal cinders’
- Canadian Frenchmodernfrasil
- Englishearliest quotation 1888frazil
Earliest quotation: 1888, The Montreal Gazette: “It has been suggested that it may be due…”
Every English word from Old French faisil
Today it means
noun A collection of stray ice crystals that form in fast-moving water.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French faisil / frazil