frequent
English
/ˈfɹiː.kwənt/, /fɹɪˈkwɛnt/
adj
Definitions
- Done or occurring often; common.
- Occurring at short intervals.
- Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent.
- (obsolete) Full; crowded; thronged.
- (obsolete) Often or commonly reported.
Etymology
Derived from Old French frequent derived from Latin frequens (repeated, crammed, crowded, frequent, etc) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bhrek- (cram together).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bhrek-
Gloss
cram together
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- equifrequent English
- frequentable English
- frequentage English
- frequentation English
- frequentative English
- frequentatively English
- frequentativeness English
- frequenter English
- frequenteth English
- frequentism English
- frequentist English
- frequentistic English
- frequently English
- frequentness English
- hyperfrequent English
- infrequent English
- infrequently English
- nonfrequent English
- nonfrequentative English
- normofrequent English
- overfrequent English
- overfrequently English
- semifrequent English
- unfrequency English
- unfrequent English
- unfrequently English
- frequens Latin
- frequentia Latin
- frequent German
- fréquent French
- *bhrek- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰrekʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- frequent Old French
- frecvent Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- unfrequent
- frequenter
- infrequent
- frequently
- unfrequency
- frequentism
- frequentage
- frequentist
- frequenteth
- nonfrequent
- frequentable
- unfrequently
- overfrequent
- equifrequent
- frequentness
- infrequently
- semifrequent
- frequentation
- normofrequent
- hyperfrequent
- frequentistic
- frequentative
- overfrequently
- frequentatively
- nonfrequentative
- frequentativeness