Reconstruction:Latin/exfridare
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ex- (“out, away”) + Frankish *friþu (“peace, sanctuary”) + -āre.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
*exfridāre (Proto-Gallo-Romance)
- to frighten
Descendants[edit]
- Franco-Provençal: èfreyér, éfrayë, èfarâ, èfrèyi
- Old French: esfreer [ca. 1000] (see there for further descendants)
- Occitan: esfredar [ca. 1160–1200]
References[edit]
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*exfrĭdare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 293