frayed

The story

1. Latin · derived fromfricare“to rub, rub down”
2. Old French · derived fromfroiier“to rub against, scrape; thrust against”
3. English todayfrayed

From fray + -ed, from Old French froiier (“to rub against, scrape; thrust against”), from Latin fricare (“to rub, rub down”).

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