Where does “frito” come from?

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

frito (Portuguese): fried; screwed

Definitions

  1. fried; screwed

Ancestry of “frito”, step by step

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

Words derived from “frito”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin frīctus →