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Where does “frettoloso” come from?

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

frettoloso (Italian): hasty, rushed, hurried

Definitions

  1. hasty, rushed, hurried

Ancestry of “frettoloso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfrettahurry, haste, rush
2Italianfrettareto scrub
3Vulgar Latinfrictare—
4Latinfricāre—
5LatinfrioI crumble, rub, or break into pieces
6Proto-Italic*friāō—

Words derived from “frettoloso”

  • frettolosità
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