fraught
English
/fɹɔːt/, /fɹɔt/
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) The hire of a ship or boat to transport cargo.
- (obsolete) Money paid to hire a ship or boat to transport cargo; freight
- (obsolete) The transportation of goods, especially in a ship or boat.
- (obsolete) A ship's cargo, lading or freight.
- (Scotland) A load; a burden.
- (Scotland) Two bucketfuls (of water).
Etymology
Derived from Middle English fraught derived from Middle Dutch vracht derived from Middle Low German vracht (freight money) derived from Proto-Germanic *fra- (for-, fully, away, prefix meaning completely), *aihtiz (property, possession, possessions) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyḱ- (possession, ability, possess, own, have) derived from Middle Dutch vrachten root from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyḱ- (possession, ability, possess, own, have).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂eyḱ-
Gloss
possession, ability, possess, own, have
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- befraught English
- fraughtage English
- full English
- full-fraught English
- unfraught English
- Fracht German
- vracht Dutch, Flemish
- *bhā- Proto-Indo-European
- *dgʷhey- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eh₂óyḱe Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eyḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *pro- Proto-Indo-European
- *wer- Proto-Indo-European
- *ēyk- Proto-Indo-European
- *aiganaz Proto-Germanic
- *aiganą Proto-Germanic
- *aigin Proto-Germanic
- *aigô Proto-Germanic
- *aihtiz Proto-Germanic
- *farswelganą Proto-Germanic
- *fra- Proto-Germanic
- *fraetaną Proto-Germanic
- *fur- Proto-Germanic
- for- Old English
- fordwīnan Old English
- forsċieppan Old English
- forwærnan Old English
- staþolæht Old English
- æht Old English
- āgan Old English
- ǣht Old English
- ईश Sanskrit
- ईश् Sanskrit
- ऐश्वर्य Sanskrit
- fraught Middle English
- freyght Middle English
- iht Middle English
- eign Old Norse
- for- Old Norse
- átt Old Norse
- ætt Old Norse
- vracht Middle Dutch
- vrachten Middle Dutch
- vrecht Middle Dutch
- 𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 Gothic
- 𐍆𐍂𐌰- Gothic
- *aihti gmw-pro
- *frēht Old Dutch
- vracht Middle Low German
- vrecht Middle Low German
- *HiHćás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- far- Old Saxon
- frāht Old Saxon
- aucht Scots
- *firbannjan, furbannjan, *furbannjan Frankish