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Where does “frette” come from?

frette (French) comes from Old French freit, from Latin frīgidus, from Latin frīgeō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

frette (French): fret; Alternative form of froid

Definitions

  1. fret; Alternative form of froid

Ancestry of “frette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfreitpast participle of freindre; Alternative form of...
2Latinfrīgidus—
3Latinfrīgeō—
4Latin-eō—
5Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
6Proto-Italic-ējō—
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
8Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “frette”

  • fretter
  • frette
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →