English
frenum
Frenum comes from Latin frēnum ‘bridle, curb, bit’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- ‘to support’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰer-‘to support’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰr-eh₁-nomreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*θrēnomreconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*frēnomreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrēnum‘bridle, curb, bit’
- Englishtodayfrenum
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰer-‘to support’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰr-eh₁-nomreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*θrēnomreconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*frēnomreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrēnum‘bridle, curb, bit’
- Englishtodayfrenum
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- ‘to support’
dark, drug, firm, dry, drama, throne, drain, dare, drone, feasible, formidable, drastic, darn, dharma, dazed, dor, dern, 41 more
through Latin frēnum ‘bridle, curb, bit’
Today it means
noun Synonym of frenulum.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- / frenum