Where does “frites” come from?

frites (French) comes from French frit, 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.

frites (French): plural of frite: chips, french fries

Definitions

  1. plural of frite: chips, french fries

Ancestry of “frites”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfritpast participle of frire; fried
2Old Frenchfrit—
3Latinfrīctusroasted, fried
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “frites”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →