Where does “トラフィック” come from?

トラフィック (Japanese) comes from English traffic, from Middle French trafique, from Italian traffico, from Vulgar Latin transfricare, from Latin fricō, from Latin frio, from Proto-Italic *friāō.

トラフィック (Japanese): traffic

Definitions

  1. traffic

Ancestry of “トラフィック”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtrafficPedestrians or vehicles on roads, or the flux or...
2Middle Frenchtrafiquetraffic
3Italiantrafficotraffic; trade; activity, rush
4Vulgar Latintransfricareto rub across
5Latinfricōto rub
6LatinfrioI crumble, rub, or break into pieces
7Proto-Italic*friāō—
Every word from Proto-Italic *friāō →Every word from Latin frio →Every word from Latin fricō →