Where does “interfretted” come from?
interfretted (English) comes from English fretted, 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.
interfretted (English): Interlaced; linked together; said of charges or...
Definitions
- Interlaced; linked together; said of charges or...
Ancestry of “interfretted”, step by step
interfretted traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fretted
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fretted | simple past tense and past participle of fret;... |
| 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 |
via English inter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inter | To bury in a grave; To confine, as in a prison |
| 2 | Middle English | enteren | — |
| 3 | French | entrer | to enter |
| 4 | Middle French | entrer | to enter |
| 5 | Old French | entrer | to enter |
| 6 | Latin | intrō | to enter, go into, come in, get in, penetrate |
| 7 | Latin | intra | within; inside; during; less than |
| 8 | Latin | interus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁énteros | inside, within |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -teros | Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix |