Etymology

freshen

F4R1E1S1H4E1N1

Today it means: To be refreshed. Full definition →

English fresh ← Middle English fressh ← Old English fersċ
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*preyskos
  2. Proto-Germanic*friskaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*frisk
  4. Old Englishfersċ
  5. Middle Englishfressh
  6. Englishfresh
  7. English todayfreshen

From fresh + -en.

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