Where does “frottement” come from?
frottement (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-.
frottement (French): rub; rubbing; friction
Ancestry of “frottement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | frotter | to rub, chafe; to scrub, scour; to scrape |
| 2 | Latin | frictare | — |
| 3 | Latin | fricto | dative masculine singular of frīctus; dative... |
| 4 | Latin | frictus | roasted, fried; parched; rubbed, chafed |
| 5 | Latin | frigo | to roast, fry; to parch |
| 6 | Latin | frigus | cold, coldness, coolness, chilliness; the cold of... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sriges- | — |