Etymograph

English

frim

Frim comes from Old English freme ‘vigorous, flourishing’, from fram ‘strenuous, active, bold, strong’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *promo- ‘front, forth’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*promo-‘front, forth’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*framaz‘forward, protruding’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*framreconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150fram‘strenuous, active, bold, strong’
  5. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150freme‘vigorous, flourishing’secondary form of fram
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500frym
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1627frim

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*promo-‘front, forth’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*framaz‘forward, protruding’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*framreconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150fram‘strenuous, active, bold, strong’
  5. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150freme‘vigorous, flourishing’secondary form of fram
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500frym
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1627frim

Earliest quotation: 1627, Michael Drayton, Moses his birth and miracles: “Through the Frim pastures freely at his leasure”.

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *promo- ‘front, forth’

perform, frame, furnish, fro, 1 more

through Proto-West Germanic *fram

from

Today it means

adj Flourishing; thriving

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *promo- / frim

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