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

fra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin infra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininfrabelow
2Latinīnferā
3Frenchinférerto infer
4Latinīnferōto carry, bring, put, place, or throw in, into, to, or upon somewhere or something; insert
5Latinīn-un-, non-, not
6Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Italian frate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfratemonk, friar; brother
2Latinfrāterbrother
3Proto-Italicfrātērbrother
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰréh₂tērbrother

Words derived from “fra

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én