Etymology

fresco

fre·sco
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Today it means: A cool, refreshing state of the air; coolness, duskiness, shade. Full definition →

Italian fresco ← Vulgar Latin *friscum ← Proto-Germanic *friskaz
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  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*friskaz
  2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*friscum
  3. Italian · borrowed fromfresco
  4. English todayfresco

From Italian fresco, from Vulgar Latin *friscum, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz. Doublet of fresh and frisk.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*friskaz all →

freshfrisk

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