Where does “fritter” come from?
Fritter comes from Old French friture, a noun derived from the verb meaning to fry.
fritter (English): A dish made by deep-frying food coated in batter;...
Definitions
- A dish made by deep-frying food coated in batter;...
Ancestry of “fritter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | fryture | fritter deep fried batter dish |
| 2 | Middle French | friture | — |
| 3 | Old French | friture | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | frictura | nominative feminine singular of frīctūrus;... |
| 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 |