Where does “frit” come from?

frit (French) comes from Old French frit, from Latin frīctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

frit (French): past participle of frire; fried

Definitions

  1. past participle of frire; fried

Ancestry of “frit”, step by step

frit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French frit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfrit—
2Latinfrīctusroasted, fried
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via French frire

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfrireto fry
2Old Frenchfrireto fry
3Latinfrīgōto roast, fry
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēr-shiny, light brown

Words derived from “frit”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →