fry

Meanings

Verb

• A method of cooking food.
• To be affected by extreme heat or current.

Noun

• A fried strip of potato.
• A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc.
• A state of excitement.
• Offspring; progeny; children; brood.
• Young fish; fishlings.
• A swarm, especially of something small.
• The spawn of frogs.
• A kind of sieve.
• A drain.

Origin

• From Middle English frien, borrowed from Old French frire, from Latin frīgō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-. Cognate with Ancient Greek φρύγω, Sanskrit भृज्ज्, भृग्
• From Middle English fry ("seed, offspring"), from Old Norse frjó ("seed, semen"), from Proto-Germanic *fraiwą ("seed, semen, offspring"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per-, *(s)prei-. Cognate with Icelandic frjó ("pollen, seed"), Icelandic fræ ("seed"), Swedish frö ("seed, embryo, grain, germ"), Danish and Norwegian frø ("seed"), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍅 ("seed").
• Dialectal, of obscure origin.