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Where does “freír” come from?

freír (Spanish) comes from Latin frigere, from Latin frigo, from Latin frigus, from Proto-Indo-European sriges-.

freír (Spanish): to fry

Definitions

  1. to fry

Ancestry of “freír”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfrigerepresent active infinitive of frīgō; second-person...
2Latinfrigoto roast, fry; to parch
3Latinfriguscold, coldness, coolness, chilliness; the cold of...
4Proto-Indo-Europeansriges-—

Words derived from “freír”

  • refreír
  • fritar
  • fritura
  • frito
  • prito
  • prito
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sriges- →