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Where does “frappo” come from?

frappo (Italian) comes from Italian frappare, from Old French frapper, from Frankish hrapōn, from Proto-Germanic hrapōną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreb(h)-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

frappo (Italian): first-person singular present indicative of...

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Ancestry of “frappo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianfrappareTo break into little pieces
2Old Frenchfrapperto deliver a blow to someone, hit, strike
3Frankishhrapōnto jerk; snatch; to snatch, scuffle; to snatch
4Proto-Germanichrapōnąto scratch, scrape; to graze, make contact ,...
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kreb(h)-—
6Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth
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