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Where does “fritté” come from?

fritté (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.

fritté (French): past participle of fritter; sintered

Definitions

  1. past participle of fritter; sintered

Ancestry of “fritté”, step by step

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

Words derived from “fritté”

  • cofritté
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →