Where does “pomfrit” come from?
pomfrit (Serbo-Croatian) comes from French pommes frites, from French pomme, from Latin poma, from Latin pomum, from Latin pomus, from Proto-Italic poomos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂po-h₁ém-os, from Proto-Indo-European h₂epo — from, off, back; off, away; off, from.
pomfrit (Serbo-Croatian): french fries
Ancestry of “pomfrit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | pommes frites | french fries; chips |
| 2 | French | pomme | apple; Any of several objects of approximately... |
| 3 | Latin | poma | nominative plural of pōmum; accusative plural of... |
| 4 | Latin | pomum | any type of fruit; fruit tree |
| 5 | Latin | pomus | fruit; fruit tree |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | poomos | fruit |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂po-h₁ém-os | taken off |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂epo | from, off, back; off, away; off, from |