frieze

frieze · noun, verb¹

1. Medieval Latin · derived fromFrisia“Frisian (wool)”
2. Middle French · derived fromfrise
3. English todayfrieze

Late Middle English, from French and Middle French frise, probably from Medieval Latin Frisia (“Frisian (wool)”) due to import via Northern ships. Or, from French friser (“to curl”)..

frieze · noun, verb²

1. Latin · derived fromopus Phrygium“a kind of embroidery”
2. Arabic · derived fromإِفْرِيز“king beam, cornice”
3. Medieval Latin · derived fromfrisum
4. Italian · derived fromfris f
5. Middle French · derived fromfrise f
6. English todayfrieze

From French and Middle French frise f, derived from an Upper Italian fris f, Medieval Latin frisum, frisium, frigium, frixum, frigium, of controversial origin, possibly from multiple sources, Arabic إِفْرِيز (ʔifrīz, “king beam, cornice”) and Latin opus Phrygium (“a kind of embroidery”, literally “work of Phrygia”), the demonym Frisian and terms related to the textile term above in a transferred sense.

Frieze · proper noun³

Probably a spelling variant of Fries and Frees.