English
fritterware
From fritter + -ware.
A compound of fritter + -ware
Latin frīgō ‘to fry’
Vulgar Latin *frīctūra ‘frying, the act of frying’
Old French friture
Middle French friture
Middle English fryture
English fritter
Today it means
noun Software with unnecessary features that encourage timewasting and experimentation.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fritterware