Etymology

fresher

fresh·er
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Today it means: A first-year student at a university. Full definition →

English fresh ← Middle English fressh ← Old English fersċ
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fresher · adjective1

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

From fresh + -er (comparative suffix).

fresher · noun2

From a clipping of freshman + -er (Oxford -er).

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