Etymology

furbish

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Today it means: To polish or burnish. Full definition →

Middle English furbisshen ← Old French forbir ← Frankish *furbēn
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  1. Frankish*furbēn
  2. Old Frenchforbir
  3. Middle Englishfurbisshen
  4. English todayfurbish

From Middle English furbisshen, from Old French forbir (stem furbiss-, “to clean, polish”), from Frankish *furbēn (“to clean, polish”).

Words from the same roots

Frankish*furbēn all →

refurbish

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.