Where does “trafic” come from?

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

trafic (French): traffic

Definitions

  1. traffic

Ancestry of “trafic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchtrafiquetraffic
2Italiantrafficotraffic; trade; activity, rush
3Vulgar Latintransfricareto rub across
4Latinfricōto rub
5LatinfrioI crumble, rub, or break into pieces
6Proto-Italic*friāō

Words derived from “trafic

Every word from Proto-Italic *friāō
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