FRESS - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Verb
eat a lot and without restraint
Synonyms
🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)
The word "fress" comes from Proto-Germanic *fraetaną. It started in Old High German frezzan. Then it appeared in Middle High German vrezzen, which was borrowed from German fressen, which was borrowed from Yiddish פֿרעסן. Many other languages have similar words:.
- Old English: fretan
🔗 Related Words
for- – A related word in the same word family.
eat – A related word in the same word family.
fret – A related word in the same word family.
🧩 Fun Fact
The same PIE root can look completely different in modern languages due to thousands of years of sound changes.