Frothy
/ˈfrɒθi/noun
Covered with or producing froth; bubbly or foamy.
Did you know?Frothy comes from an Old English word for foam, and its deeper Germanic root is shared with words like foam and fume—language preserving the image of something violently rising and vanishing.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*preu-
“to boil, bubble, or seethe”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*frawthaz
“froth, foam”
Old English
OE
forth
“froth, foam”
Middle English
ME
frothy
“foamy; covered with froth”
Modern English
English
frothy
“covered with or producing froth”
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