French word frotter comes from Latin frio ((transitive) I crumble, rub, or break into pieces.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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frio | Latin (lat) | (transitive) I crumble, rub, or break into pieces. |
fricare | Latin (lat) | |
frotter | French (fra) | (figurative, informal, pronominal, se frotter) to rub (someone) in the wrong way, to get on (someone)'s bad side. To fritter. To rub, chafe. To scrape. To scrub, scour. To stone. |