fretum.
sea; narrow sea, straits;
Meaning & usage
strait, sound, estuary, channel.
strait, sound, estuary, channel. the strait of Sicily
strait, sound, estuary, channel. Sicily
the seas.
turmoil
Where this word comes from
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to brew, boil”) with the suffix *-eto-, but the zero-grade is inexplicable. In this case related to ferveō, fretāle and dēfrutum.
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