English

frybread

From fry + bread.

A compound of fry + bread

Latin frīgō ‘to roast, fry’

Old French frire

Middle English fryen ‘to fry’

English fry

Proto-Germanic *braudą

Proto-West Germanic *braud

Old English brēad ‘fragment’

Middle English bred ‘bread’

English bread

Today it means

noun Fried bread.

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

Etymograph / frybread