Where does “sfregamento” come from?

sfregamento (Italian) comes from Italian sfregare, from Italian fregare, from Latin fricare, from Latin frico, from Latin frio, from Proto-Italic *friāō.

sfregamento (Italian): rubbing

Definitions

  1. rubbing

Ancestry of “sfregamento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansfregareto rub; to scratch; to strike
2Italianfregareto rub; to polish; to cheat
3Latinfricarepresent active infinitive of fricō; second-person...
4LatinfricoI rub; I chafe
5LatinfrioI crumble, rub, or break into pieces
6Proto-Italic*friāō—
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