English
frizette
Frizette comes from French frisette ‘curl’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfrisette‘curl’
- Englishearliest quotation 1876frizette
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfrisette‘curl’
- Englishearliest quotation 1876frizette
Earliest quotation: 1876, Eliza Bisbee Duffey: “This cover offers no impediment to the hairpins, which…”
Every English word from French frisette
Today it means
noun A fringe of hair or curls around a woman's forehead.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French frisette / frizette