Where does “friettent” come from?
friettent (Dutch) comes from Dutch tent, from Middle Dutch tente, from Old French tente, from Vulgar Latin tenta, from Latin tentus, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.
friettent (Dutch): chip shop, friterie, takeaway
Definitions
- chip shop, friterie, takeaway
Ancestry of “friettent”, step by step
friettent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch tent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | tent | tent; pavillion; a building, especially one used... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | tente | — |
| 3 | Old French | tente | tent, temporary hut or other similar building |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | tenta | tent; second-person singular present active... |
| 5 | Latin | tentus | stretched; stretched out; extended; distended;... |
| 6 | Latin | teneō | to hold, have; to grasp |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | tenēō | to hold |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |
via Dutch friet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | friet | chips, french fries; a single chip/french fry, or... |
| 2 | French | frites | plural of frite: chips, french fries |
| 3 | French | frit | past participle of frire; fried |
| 4 | Old French | frit | — |
| 5 | Latin | frīctus | roasted, fried |
| 6 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |