Reconstruction:Latin/exfridare
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 15/2: Germanismes: Bu–F, page 92