Where does “affret” come from?

affret (English) comes from Italian affrettare, from Italian fretta, from Italian frettare, from Vulgar Latin frictare, from Latin fricāre, from Latin frio, from Proto-Italic *friāō.

affret (English): An attack

Definitions

  1. An attack

Ancestry of “affret”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianaffrettareto hasten, hurry up, speed up, quicken, rush
2Italianfrettahurry, haste, rush
3Italianfrettareto scrub
4Vulgar Latinfrictare—
5Latinfricāre—
6LatinfrioI crumble, rub, or break into pieces
7Proto-Italic*friāō—
Every word from Proto-Italic *friāō →