Where does “fregare” come from?

fregare (Italian) comes from Latin fricare, from Latin frico, from Latin frio, from Proto-Italic *friāō.

fregare (Italian): to rub; to polish; to cheat

Definitions

  1. to rub; to polish; to cheat

Ancestry of “fregare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfricarepresent active infinitive of fricō; second-person...
2LatinfricoI rub; I chafe
3LatinfrioI crumble, rub, or break into pieces
4Proto-Italic*friāō—

Words derived from “fregare”

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