
English word frame comes from Proto-Germanic *framjaną (To perform, promote, further.), Middle English (1100-1500) freme (Benefit, profit, advantage.)
*framjaną (Proto-Germanic)
To perform, promote, further.
freme (Middle English)
Benefit, profit, advantage.
fremian (Old English)
fremmen (Middle English)
To perform or accomplish (something), do.
frame (English)
(intransitive, dialectal) To move.. (intransitive, dialectal, mining) To wash ore with the aid of a frame.. (intransitive, obsolete) To fit; accord.. (intransitive, obsolete) To proceed; to go.. (intransitive, obsolete) To profit; avail.. (intransitive, obsolete) To succeed in doing or trying to do something; manage.. (tennis) To hit (the ball) with the frame of the racquet rather than the [...]