Where does “frettiness” come from?
frettiness (English) comes from English fretty, from English FRET, from Middle English frēten, from Old French freter, from Old French fret, from Middle Dutch vrecht, from Old Dutch frēht, from Proto-Germanic fra- — passed , crossed.
frettiness (English): The quality of being fretty; fretfulness
Definitions
- The quality of being fretty; fretfulness
Ancestry of “frettiness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | fretty | Covered with a lattice-like pattern of diagonally... |
| 2 | English | FRET | Förster resonance energy transfer; fluorescence... |
| 3 | Middle English | frēten | to eat; to devour, eat up; to bite, chew; to... |
| 4 | Old French | freter | to fret |
| 5 | Old French | fret | charge; past participle of fraindre |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | vrecht | Alternative form of vracht; cost of transport |
| 7 | Old Dutch | frēht | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | fra- | off, away; completely, fully, up |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |