LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjective

friscum

*friscum (feminine *frisca)

Meaning

  1. Proto Romancereconstructionfresh
  2. Proto Romancereconstructioncool

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *preyskosder. Proto-Germanic *friskazbor. Latin *friscum Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *friskaz.

Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanfresc
  • Occitanfrescfrom Old Occitan fresc
  • Franco-Provençalfrès
  • Old Frenchfreis
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesefrescofrom Old Galician-Portuguese fresco
  • Spanishfrescofrom Old Spanish fresco
  • Aragonesefresco
  • Asturianfrescu
  • Leonesefrescu
  • Galicianfrescofrom Old Galician-Portuguese fresco
  • Ladinoפﬞריסקוfrom Old Spanish fresco
  • Belizean Creolefreskofrom Old Spanish fresco
  • Central Bikolpreskofrom Old Spanish fresco
Italo-Romance
  • Italianfresco
  • Neapolitanfrisco
  • Maltesefriskfrom Sicilian friscu
Insular Romance
  • Sardinianfriscu
Borrowed from one or more of the above
  • Medieval Latinfriscus
Elsewhere
  • Albanianfreskët

In English words that came into English from friscum

  • fresco*friscum

Quick answers

What does friscum mean in Latin?
friscum, a adjective, means “fresh; cool”.