Etymology

fritter

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Today it means: Synonym of pancake, a portion of batter fried on a pan. Full definition →

Middle English fryture ← Middle French friture ← Old French friture
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromfrīgō“to fry”
  2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*frīctūra
  3. Old French · derived fromfriture
  4. Middle French · derived fromfriture
  5. Middle English · inherited fromfryture
  6. English todayfritter

Inherited from Middle English fryture, from Middle French friture, from Old French friture, from Vulgar Latin *frīctūra, from Latin frīgō (“to fry”); compare fry. For the development of Middle English /iu̯r(ə)/ into /ə(ɹ)/, compare armour, batter, border, solder.

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