Where does “frettare” come from?

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

frettare (Italian): to scrub

Definitions

  1. to scrub

Ancestry of “frettare”, step by step

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

Words derived from “frettare”

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