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Where does “affrettando” come from?

affrettando (Italian) comes from Italian affrettare, from Italian fretta, from Italian frettare, from Vulgar Latin frictare, from Latin fricāre, from Latin frio, from Proto-Italic *friāō.

affrettando (Italian): gerund of affrettare; affrettando

Definitions

  1. gerund of affrettare; affrettando

Ancestry of “affrettando”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianaffrettareto hasten, hurry up, speed up, quicken, rush
2Italianfrettahurry, haste, rush
3Italianfrettareto scrub
4Vulgar Latinfrictare—
5Latinfricāre—
6LatinfrioI crumble, rub, or break into pieces
7Proto-Italic*friāō—

Words derived from “affrettando”

  • affrettando
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