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Where does “frottage” come from?

frottage (French) comes from French frotter, from Latin frictare, from Latin fricto, from Latin frictus, from Latin frigo, from Latin frigus, from Proto-Indo-European sriges-.

Ancestry of “frottage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfrotterto rub, chafe; to scrub, scour; to scrape
2Latinfrictare—
3Latinfrictodative masculine singular of frīctus; dative...
4Latinfrictusroasted, fried; parched; rubbed, chafed
5Latinfrigoto roast, fry; to parch
6Latinfriguscold, coldness, coolness, chilliness; the cold of...
7Proto-Indo-Europeansriges-—

Words derived from “frottage”

  • frottaasi
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sriges- →