Etymology

transfrete

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Today it means: To cross a channel or narrow sea. Full definition →

Middle English [Term?] ← Latin transfreto
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  1. Latin · derived fromtransfreto“cross a strait or sea”
  2. Middle English · inherited from[Term?]
  3. English todaytransfrete

From Middle English [Term?], ultimately from Latin transfreto (“cross a strait or sea”), from trans (“across”) + fretum or fretus (“strait, channel”).

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