French word frayer comes from Latin frio ((transitive) I crumble, rub, or break into pieces.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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frio | Latin (lat) | (transitive) I crumble, rub, or break into pieces. |
frictare | Latin (lat) | |
freier | Old French (fro) | |
frayer | French (fra) | (obsolete) to rub. (reflexive, se frayer, literally, figuratively) to find (one's way through something); to clear (oneself) a path. (transitive) to open up, clear (a path etc.). (zoology, intransitive) to spawn, to fertilize an egg. |