from Plister---or former Plister Laura Kelber-- on FB....

[David Morris]

I’d bet “frantic” is from the same root.

On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 12:24 PM Erik T. Burns <eburns at gmail.com> wrote:

> the word "frenesim" in Portuguese means "frenzy," and "frenesi" is a
> variant. (they are pronounced the same).
> probably in other Latin-based languages as well, or similar.
>
> frenesim - Dicionário Online Priberam de Português
> <https://dicionario.priberam.org/frenesim>
> frenesi - Dicionário Online Priberam de Português
> <https://dicionario.priberam.org/frenesi>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 4:25 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Reading the Summoner's Tale from Chaucer, I found this:
> > 2208 His sike heed is ful of vanytee;
> > His sick head is full of foolishness;
> > 2209 I holde hym in a manere frenesye."
> > I consider him in a sort of delirium."
> > Origin of the name Frenesi (in the song, at least)?
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