Where does “fretty” come from?
fretty (English) comes 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-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.
fretty (English): Covered with a lattice-like pattern of diagonally...
Definitions
- Covered with a lattice-like pattern of diagonally...
Ancestry of “fretty”, step by step
fretty traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English FRET
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | FRET | Förster resonance energy transfer; fluorescence... |
| 2 | Middle English | frēten | to eat; to devour, eat up; to bite, chew; to... |
| 3 | Old French | freter | to fret |
| 4 | Old French | fret | charge; past participle of fraindre |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | vrecht | Alternative form of vracht; cost of transport |
| 6 | Old Dutch | frēht | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fra- | off, away; completely, fully, up |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via English Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |