Where does “frit” come from?

Frit comes from English affright, Latin frictus, Latin frigo, and Proto-Indo-European bʰer-, tracing back through languages associated with fear or sudden alarm.

frit (English): A fused mixture of materials used to make glass;...

Definitions

  1. A fused mixture of materials used to make glass;...

Ancestry of “frit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfrittépast participle of fritter; sintered
2Frenchfritpast participle of frire; fried
3Old Frenchfrit—
4Latinfrīctusroasted, fried
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus—
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “frit”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin frīctus →