fraai

Dutch (Brabantic)

adj

Definitions

beautiful, pretty, handsome
nice, fancy

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch vrai derived from Old French verai (true) derived from Latin vērāx (truthful, speaking truth).

Origin

Latin

vērāx

Gloss

truthful, speaking truth

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*vērācus Latin
vērācitās Latin
vērācus Latin
vērāx Latin
vrai French
*weh₁- Proto-Indo-European
verray Middle English
verre Middle English
very Middle English
verai Old French
vrai Middle Dutch
vrai Norman
vray Middle French
*wēros Proto-Italic
verra Scots