Where does “fretta” come from?

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

fretta (Italian): hurry, haste, rush

Definitions

  1. hurry, haste, rush

Ancestry of “fretta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfrettareto scrub
2Vulgar Latinfrictare
3Latinfricāre
4LatinfrioI crumble, rub, or break into pieces
5Proto-Italic*friāō

Words derived from “fretta

Every word from Proto-Italic *friāō
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