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Where does “fra” come from?

fra (Italian) comes from Latin infra, from Latin īnferā, from French inférer, from Latin īnferō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

fra (Italian): between; among; in

Definitions

  1. between; among; in

Ancestry of “fra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininfrabelow
2Latinīnferā—
3Frenchinférerto infer
4Latinīnferō—
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “fra”

  • framezzo
  • frattanto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →