Where does “traffico” come from?

traffico (Italian) comes from Vulgar Latin transfricare, from Latin fricō, from Latin frio, from Proto-Italic *friāō.

traffico (Italian): traffic; trade; activity, rush

Definitions

  1. traffic; trade; activity, rush

Ancestry of “traffico”, step by step

traffico traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vulgar Latin transfricare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latintransfricareto rub across
2Latinfricōto rub
3LatinfrioI crumble, rub, or break into pieces
4Proto-Italic*friāō—

via French trafic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtrafictraffic
2Middle Frenchtrafiquetraffic

via Italian trafficare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantrafficareto deal or trade; to traffic; to be busy

Words derived from “traffico”

Every word from Proto-Italic *friāō →