Where does “narcotrafic” come from?

narcotrafic (French) comes from French trafic, from Middle French trafique, from Italian traffico, from Vulgar Latin transfricare, from Latin fricō, from Latin frio, from Proto-Italic *friāō.

narcotrafic (French): drug trafficking

Definitions

  1. drug trafficking

Ancestry of “narcotrafic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtrafictraffic
2Middle Frenchtrafiquetraffic
3Italiantrafficotraffic; trade; activity, rush
4Vulgar Latintransfricareto rub across
5Latinfricōto rub
6LatinfrioI crumble, rub, or break into pieces
7Proto-Italic*friāō—
Every word from Proto-Italic *friāō →Every word from Latin frio →Every word from Latin fricō →
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