Etymograph

English

frescobol

Frescobol comes from Portuguese fresco ‘fresh’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *preyskos.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*preyskosreconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*friskaz‘fresh’reconstructed
  3. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*friscum‘fresh’reconstructed
  4. Old Galician-Portuguesec. 1100–1500fresco
  5. Portuguesec. 1500–presentsame form‘fresh’
  6. Portuguese, derivedc. 1500–presentfrescobol
  7. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*preyskosreconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*friskaz‘fresh’reconstructed
  3. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*friscum‘fresh’reconstructed
  4. Old Galician-Portuguesec. 1100–1500fresco
  5. Portuguesec. 1500–presentsame form‘fresh’
  6. Portuguese, derivedc. 1500–presentfrescobol
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Germanic *friskaz ‘fresh’

fresh, frisk, 3 more

Today it means

noun A racket sport originating in Brazil

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *preyskos / frescobol

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