Etymograph

English

frush

Frush comes from Latin frustum ‘bit, fragment’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- ‘to break up, cut’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰrews-‘to break up, cut’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰrustósreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*frustomreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrustum‘bit, fragment’
  5. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*frustiāre‘break into pieces’reconstructed
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400fruscher
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1470–1485frush

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰrews-‘to break up, cut’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰrustósreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*frustomreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrustum‘bit, fragment’
  5. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*frustiāre‘break into pieces’reconstructed
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400fruscher
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1470–1485frush

Earliest quotation: 1470–1485, (please specify the chapter): “And than they fruyshed forth all at onys, of…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- ‘to break up, cut’

breast, browse, bruise, brisket, bryony, 5 more

Today it means

verb To break up, smash.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- / frush

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