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English word origin

Etymology of frush

From Old French fruscher, from Vulgar Latin *frustiāre (“break into pieces”), from Latin frustum (“bit, fragment”). Compare French froisser.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
verb

To break up, smash. · To charge, rush violently. · To straighten up (the feathers on an arrow).

adj

Easily broken; brittle or crisp.

noun

noise; clatter; crash

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Old French fruscher, from Vulgar Latin *frustiāre (“break into pieces”), from Latin frustum (“bit, fragment”). Compare French froisser.

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
noun

The frog of a horse's foot. · A discharge of a foetid or ichorous matter from the frog of a horse's foot; thrush.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Compare Old English frosc (“frog (animal)”), German Frosch (“frog (the animal)”).

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

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Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.

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