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Where does “ترافیك” come from?

ترافیك (Ottoman Turkish) comes from French trafic, from Middle French trafique, from Italian traffico, from Vulgar Latin transfricare, from Latin fricō, from Latin frio, from Proto-Italic *friāō.

Ancestry of “ترافیك”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtrafictraffic
2Middle Frenchtrafiquetraffic
3Italiantrafficotraffic; trade; activity, rush
4Vulgar Latintransfricareto rub across
5Latinfricō—
6LatinfrioI crumble, rub, or break into pieces
7Proto-Italic*friāō—
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