Where does “fretter” come from?
fretter (French) comes from French frette, 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 — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
fretter (French): to reinforce with ferrules
Definitions
- to reinforce with ferrules
Ancestry of “fretter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | frette | fret; Alternative form of froid |
| 2 | Old French | freit | past participle of freindre; Alternative form of... |
| 3 | Latin | frīgidus | cold, cool, chilling, frigid |
| 4 | Latin | frīgeō | to be cold or chilly; freeze |
| 5 | Latin | -eō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |