Where does “fritar” come from?

fritar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese frito, from Latin frīctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

fritar (Portuguese): to fry

Definitions

  1. to fry

Ancestry of “fritar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesefritofried; screwed
2Latinfrīctusroasted, fried
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin frīctus →
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