Where does “unfretted” come from?
unfretted (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.
unfretted (English): Not fretted or rubbed; Not fretted; without frets
Definitions
- Not fretted or rubbed; Not fretted; without frets
Ancestry of “unfretted”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |