Where does “friu” come from?

friu (Papiamentu) comes from Spanish frío, from Old Spanish frio, from Latin frīgidus, from Latin frīgeō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

friu (Papiamentu): cold

Definitions

  1. cold

Ancestry of “friu”, step by step

friu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish frío

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishfríocold; cool; cold, coldness
2Old Spanishfrio
3Latinfrīgiduscold, cool, chilling, frigid
4Latinfrīgeōto be cold or chilly; freeze
5Latin-eō
6Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
7Proto-Italic-ējō
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
9Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

via Portuguese frio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesefriocold; coldness
2Old Portuguesefrio
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Latin -eōEvery word from Latin frīgeō
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