Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To break up, smash. · To charge, rush violently. · To straighten up (the feathers on an arrow).
Easily broken; brittle or crisp.
noise; clatter; crash
From Old French fruscher, from Vulgar Latin *frustiāre (“break into pieces”), from Latin frustum (“bit, fragment”). Compare French froisser.
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