frittu

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• frighidu

Etymology

From Latin frīgidus (“cold”) (through a syncopated Vulgar Latin or Late Latin form frigdus, fricdus, attested in the Appendix Probi, or fridus, found in a Pompeian inscription), itself from frīgeō (“to be cold”), from frīgus (“cold, coldness”), from Proto-Indo-European *sriHgos-, *sriges-, *sriHges-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrittu/

Adjective

frittu (feminine singular fritta, masculine plural frittos, feminine plural frittas)

1. cold