frenge

Middle English

Alternative forms

frang (rare)

Etymology

From Old French frenge, from Vulgar Latin *frimbia, from Late Latin fimbria, a singular back-formed from fimbriae.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfrɛnd͡ʒ(ə)/

Noun

frenge (plural frenges)

fringe (as part of clothing or as length for use on clothing)

Derived terms

frenged

Descendants

English: fringe
Scots: freenge

References

“frenǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-11-29.

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *frimbia, metathesis of Late Latin fimbria, from Latin fimbriae.

Noun

frenge oblique singular, f (oblique plural frenges, nominative singular frenge, nominative plural frenges)

fringe (edge of a garment)

Descendants

French: frange
- → Catalan: franja
- → Italian: frangia
- → Portuguese: franja
- → Spanish: franja
Norman: frange
→ Middle Dutch: fringe, frange, fraenge
- Dutch: franje
  - → Sranan Tongo: franya
    - → Saramaccan: faándja
- → Middle High German: franze
  - German: Franse
→ Middle English: frenge, frang
- English: fringe
- Scots: freenge
→ Sicilian: frinza

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