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Where does “fritura” come from?

fritura (Spanish) comes from Vulgar Latin frictura, from Latin frīctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

fritura (Spanish): fried food

Definitions

  1. fried food

Ancestry of “fritura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinfricturanominative feminine singular of frīctūrus;...
2Latinfrīctus—
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 →