Where does “priter” come from?

priter (Tagalog) comes from English fritter, from Middle English fryture, from Middle French friture, from Old French friture, from Vulgar Latin frictura, from Latin frīctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

priter (Tagalog): fritter

Definitions

  1. fritter

Ancestry of “priter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfritterA dish made by deep-frying food coated in batter;...
2Middle Englishfryturefritter deep fried batter dish
3Middle Frenchfriture—
4Old Frenchfriture—
5Vulgar Latinfricturanominative feminine singular of frīctūrus;...
6Latinfrīctusroasted, fried
7Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
8Proto-Italic-tus—
9Proto-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 →