Where does “fretin” come from?

fretin (French) comes from Old French frait, from Latin fractus, from Latin frangere, from Latin frangō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

fretin (French): fry

Definitions

  1. fry

Ancestry of “fretin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfraitpast participle of fraindre; Alternative form of...
2Latinfractusbroken, shattered, having been broken;...
3Latinfrangeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4Latinfrangōto break, shatter
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ-