Also  /rampald.  —  W.  ffrom/ol,  passionate ;
from  ffromi,  to  fume,  fret,  ffrom,  .testy.
Franc,  Franchise ;  see  Frank.
Frangible ;  see  Fragile.
Frank,  free.  (F.-LowL.-O.H.G.)
O.  F.  franc ;  Low  L.  francus,  free.  —
O.  H.  6.  franko,  a  free  man,  a  Frank.
The  Franks  were  a  Germanic  people.
franc,  a  French  coin.  (F.-G.)    M.  E.
/rank.  —  O.  F.  franc ;  named  from  its  being
French,  i.  e.  Frankish.
franchise.  (F.-G.)    M.E.  franchise.
—  O.  F.  franchise,  privileged  liberty.  —
O.  F./ranchis-,  stem  of  pres.  pt.  of franchir,
to  free.— O.F.  franc,  free  (above).  Der.
disfranchise,  enfranchise.
frankincense.  (F.-G.andL.)  O.F.
franc  encens,  pure  incense;  see  Frank
(above)  and  Incense.
franklin,  a  freeholder.  (F.-G.)  M.E.
frankelein. — O.  F.  frankeleyn  ( ■-  franche-
leyri) ;  Low  L.  /ranchilanus.  —  Low  L.
francus,  free;  see  Frank  (above).  The
suffix  is  from  O.  H.  G.  -line  (  «  E.  -l-ing  as
in  dar-ling) ;  precisely  as  in  chamberlain.
Frantic ;  see  Frenzy.
Fraternal.  (F.  -  L.)    O.  F.  fratemel

—  Low  L.  fraternalis,    the   same  as  L.
/ratemus,  brotherly.  —  L.  /rater,  cognate

with  E.  Brother,
fraternity.  (F.-L.)    O.F.  fratemite.
—  L.  ace.  fratemitatem,  brotherhood.— L.
/raternus,  brotherly.— L.  /rater,  brother.
Der.  confraternity.
fratricide  (i),  murderer  of  a  brother.
(F.  -  L.)  O.  F.  fratricide.  —  L.  fratrictda,
a  brother-slayer.  —  h./ratri-,  crude  form  of
f rater',  -cida,  a  slayer,  from  cadere,  to  kill;
see  Caesura.
fratricide  (a),  murder  of  a  brother.
(L.)  From  'L./ratri-cidium,  the  killing  of
a  brother.
friar.  (F.  -  L.)  M.  E.  frere.  -  O.  F.
frere,/reiret  lit  a  brother. —~L./ratrem,  ace.
of /rater.
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Fraud.  (F.  -  L.)  O.  F.  fraude.  -  L.
fraudem,  ace.  of  fraus,  deceit,  guile.
