frak
Dutch (Brabantic)
/frɑk/
noun
Definitions
- (Belgium) A coat, a overcoat (item of apparel).
- (Netherlands) A chic jacket with long coattails.
Etymology
Borrowed from French frac borrowed from German Frack derived from English frock derived from Middle English frok derived from Old French froc (a monk's gown habit, frock) derived from Frankish *hrokk (tunic, robe).
Origin
Frankish
*hrokk
Gloss
tunic, robe
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- disfrock English
- frock English
- frockish English
- frockless English
- housefrock English
- underfrock English
- unfrock English
- Frack German
- Fracksausen German
- befrackt German
- frac Italian
- frac French
- froc French
- фрак Russian
- frac Spanish, Castilian
- *hrukkaz Proto-Germanic
- frok Middle English
- froc Old French
- rochet Old French
- frakki Icelandic
- ffrog Welsh
- frakki Faroese
- fro Norman
- Frack Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *hroc Frankish
- *hrokk Frankish
- Frack Pennsylvania German
- faraak Fiji Hindi