Where does “tripoter” come from?

tripoter (French) comes from French tripot, from French -ot, from Latin min- — cat.

tripoter (French): to fiddle with; to feel up

Definitions

  1. to fiddle with; to feel up

Ancestry of “tripoter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtripotdive
2French-otA diminutive indicator for certain words,...
3Latinmin-cat

Words derived from “tripoter”

Every word from Latin min- →Every word from French -ot →Every word from French tripot →