Fress Definition

Origin of Fress

• From Yiddish פרעסן (fresn) or German fressen (“to devour, gobble”), from Middle High German vrezzen, from Old High German frezzan (“to devour, eat up”), from Proto-Germanic *fraetaną (“to eat up”), from Proto-Germanic *fra- (intensive and perfective prefix) + Proto-Germanic *etaną (“to eat”), equivalent to for- +‎ eat. Cognate with Old English fretan (“to devour”). More at fret.

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