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fraus.

cheating, deceit, deception, fraud, guile, stratagem, trick, treachery, wiles

5 characters1 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈfrau̯s]Classical-Latin[ˈfrau̯s]

  1. cheating, deceit, deception, fraud, guile, stratagem, trick, treachery, wiles

    declension-3 · feminine

  2. delusion, error

    declension-3 · feminine

  3. injury, hurt, harm

    declension-3 · feminine

  4. bad or ill intent

    declension-3 · feminine
Where this word comes from

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (“to deceive, mislead”), with an uncertain phonetic development. However see also Sanskrit ध्रुति (dhruti, “deception”), द्रुह्यति (druhyati, “to deceive”) and Younger Avestan 𐬛𐬭𐬁𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬝 (drāuuaiiāt̰, “will deceive”), which (along with perhaps Proto-Germanic *draumaz (“dream”)) point to Proto-Indo-European *dʰrew-, which would have been extended as *dʰrew-d⁽ʰ⁾- at some point before Latin and also as *dʰrew-gʰ- in PIE times.

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