Where does “frotter” come from?

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

frotter (French): to rub, chafe; to scrub, scour; to scrape

Definitions

  1. to rub, chafe; to scrub, scour; to scrape

Ancestry of “frotter”, step by step

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

Words derived from “frotter”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sriges- →Every word from Latin frigus →Every word from Latin frigo →