Where does “unfretful” come from?
unfretful (English) comes from English fretful, 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.
unfretful (English): Not fretful
Definitions
- Not fretful
Ancestry of “unfretful”, step by step
unfretful traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fretful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fretful | Irritable, bad-tempered, grumpy or peevish;... |
| 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 un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |