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Where does “antitrade” come from?

antitrade (English) comes from English trade, from Middle English trade, from Middle Low German trade, from Old Saxon trada, from Proto-West Germanic *trudo.

antitrade (English): the wind that blows from west to east above the...

Definitions

  1. the wind that blows from west to east above the...

Ancestry of “antitrade”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtradeBuying and selling of goods and services on a...
2Middle Englishtradepath, course of conduct
3Middle Low Germantradetrack, course
4Old Saxontradaspoor, track
5Proto-West Germanic*trudo—
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