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
Ancestry of “frettare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | frictare | — |
| 2 | Latin | fricāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | frio | I crumble, rub, or break into pieces |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *friāō | — |
Words derived from “frettare”