fressh

Middle English

Alternative forms

• freyshe, fresch, flesshe

Etymology

From Old English fersc (“fresh, pure, sweet”), from Proto-West Germanic *frisk (“fresh”). The metathesis in the word that occurred between Proto-Germanic and Old English was probably undone due to influence from Old French fresche, feminine singular of fres, ultimately also of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frɛʃ/, /frɛːʃ/

Adjective

fressh

1. fresh; new; newly updated

Descendants

• English: fresh
• Scots: fresh
• Yola: vresh

References

• “frē̆sh, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.