Where does “frittura” come from?

frittura (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.

frittura (Italian): frying; fried food

Definitions

  1. frying; fried food

Ancestry of “frittura”, step by step

frittura traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian fritto

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

via Vulgar Latin frictura

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinfricturanominative feminine singular of frīctūrus;...

Words derived from “frittura

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin frīctus