frêle
French
adj
Definitions
- frail
Etymology
Inherited from Old French fraile inherited from Latin fragilis (id).
Origin
Latin
fragilis
Gloss
id
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- frail English
- *fragulare, *frag(u)lāre Latin
- fragilis Latin
- fragilitas Latin
- frangō Latin
- fragile Italian
- frale Italian
- fragile French
- frágil Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰreg- Proto-Indo-European
- frágil Portuguese
- fraile Old French
- fràgil Catalan, Valencian
- fraged Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- fragile Middle French