Etymology

froth

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Today it means: Foam. Full definition →

Middle English froth ← Old Norse froða ← Proto-Germanic *fruþǭ
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  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*fruþǭ
  2. Old Norse · derived fromfroða
  3. Middle English · inherited fromfroth
  4. English todayfroth

From Middle English froth, frooth, froþ, likely a borrowing from Old Norse froða, from Proto-Germanic *fruþǭ; Old English āfrēoþan (“to foam, froth”) is from same Germanic root. Verb attested from late 14th century. Compare Swedish fradga.

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