frottis etymology

French word frottis comes from French frotter, French -is

Detailed word origin of frottis

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
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.
-is French (fra) Suffix forming the first-person singular past historic of -ir verbs.. Suffix forming the first-person singular past historic of -re verbs.. Suffix forming the first-person singular present indicative of -ir verbs.. Suffix forming the second-person singular past historic of -ir verbs.. Suffix forming the second-person singular past historic of -re verbs.. Suffix forming the second-person [...]
frottis French (fra) (medicine) smear, smear test.

Words with the same origin as frottis

Descendants of frotter
frottement frotteur frottoir
Descendants of -is
abattis hachis terril treillis