froissier

== Old French == === Alternative forms === fruissier, fruisser, fruiser fricer, froisir, froissir, frosser, fruscer, frusser, frussher, frussir fruschier, fruscher === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *frustiāre (“break into pieces”), from Latin frustum (“bit, morsel”). === Verb === froissier (transitive, intransitive) break, crack, split, shatter ==== Conjugation ==== This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide. ==== Derived terms ==== frois (noun) ==== Descendants ==== Champenois: frouchir French: froisser Lorrain: fruchir Norman: froisser → Middle Breton: froesaff → Middle Dutch: frotseren → Middle English: froise English: froise → Welsh: ffroes (“pancakes”) → Middle English: English: frush === References === fruisser on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*frustiare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 3: D–F, page 831