Where does “fritto” come from?

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

fritto (Italian): fried; fried food, fry; past participle of...

Definitions

  1. fried; fried food, fry; past participle of...

Ancestry of “fritto”, step by step

fritto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin frīctus

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

via Italian friggere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfriggereto fry; to sizzle
2Latinfrīgōto roast, fry
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēr-shiny, light brown

Words derived from “fritto”

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