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Where does “frettazzo” come from?

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

frettazzo (Italian): scrubber, scrubbing brush

Definitions

  1. scrubber, scrubbing brush

Ancestry of “frettazzo”, step by step

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