Etymology

fries

F4R1I1E1S1

Today it means: Finished; hopeless. Likely originating from "put the fries in the bag". Full definition →

First used 1973French friche
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The story

  1. French · derived fromfriche“fallow land”
  2. English todayFries

The town was named after a prominent cotton-mill owner, Francis Henry Fries. The surname is converged from both Friesland and French friche (“fallow land”), found in Swiss French.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 1973 Ellipsis of French fries.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.