Where does “Dutch treat” come from?
Dutch treat (English) comes from English treat, from Middle English treten, from Old French tretier, from Latin tractāre, from Latin tractō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
Dutch treat (English): An occasion, such as a restaurant visit, in which everyone pays the bill for their own expenses
Definitions
- An occasion, such as a restaurant visit, in which everyone pays the bill for their own expenses
Ancestry of “Dutch treat”, step by step
Dutch treat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English treat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | treat | To negotiate, discuss terms, bargain; To... |
| 2 | Middle English | treten | — |
| 3 | Old French | tretier | — |
| 4 | Latin | tractāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | tractō | to tug, drag or haul |
| 6 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 7 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via English Dutch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Dutch | Of or pertaining to the Netherlands, the Dutch... |
| 2 | Middle English | Duch | German, Dutch; German, Low German, Dutch |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | duutsch | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | thiudisc | of the people, vernacular |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | þiudisk | of the people, popular, vernacular |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | þiudiskaz | of the people, popular; of the tribe |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | þeudō | people, tribe |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tewtéh₂ | people, tribe |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |