Where does “frittella” come from?

frittella (Italian) comes from Italian fritto, from Latin frīctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

frittella (Italian): fritter; flapjack; grease strain

Definitions

  1. fritter; flapjack; grease strain

Ancestry of “frittella”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfrittofried; fried food, fry; past participle of...
2Latinfrīctusroasted, fried
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “frittella”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin frīctus →