Etymology

frizz

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Today it means: Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls. Full definition →

Middle English frysen ← Old French friser ← Frankish *fris
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frizz · verb1

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*frisaz“frizzy, curly”
  2. Frankish · derived from*fris“curl”
  3. Old French · derived fromfriser
  4. Middle English · inherited fromfrysen
  5. English todayfrizz

From Middle English frysen, from Old French friser, frizer (“to frizzle, crisp, curl, ruffle, braid, touch lightly, graze, scratch”), of Proto-Germanic origin, perhaps via Old Frankish *fris (“curl”), from Proto-Germanic *frisaz (“frizzy, curly”). Cognate with Old Frisian frisle, frēsle ("the hair of the head, lock of hair, curl, ringlet"; > North Frisian friessle, fressle (“hair, horse's tail”), West Frisian frisseljen (“braid of hair, braid”)), Old English frīs (“crisped, curled”).

frizz · noun2

  1. Middle English · inherited fromfryse
  2. English todayfrizz

From Middle English fryse, from the verb. See above.

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