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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

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

Words derived from “frittura”

  • rifrittura
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →