1570s, from French framboise "raspberry" (12c.), usually explained as a corruption (by influence of French fraise "strawberry") of Dutch braambezie (cognate with German brombeere "blackberry," literally "bramble-berry"). "But some French scholars doubt this" [OED].
fragrant
fraidy-cat
frail
frailty
fraktur
framboise
frame
framework
franc
France
Frances
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