Where does “autotracker” come from?
autotracker (English) comes from English tracker, from English track, from Middle English trak, from Old French trac, from Middle Dutch treck, from Old Dutch trecken, from Proto-West Germanic *trakkjan, from Proto-Germanic trakjaną — he, she.
autotracker (English): Something which automatically tracks something else (such as the volume level of music, or the position of a military target)
Definitions
- Something which automatically tracks something else (such as the volume level of music, or the position of a military target)
Ancestry of “autotracker”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tracker | Agent noun of track; one who, or that which,... |
| 2 | English | track | A mark left by something that has passed along; A... |
| 3 | Middle English | trak | — |
| 4 | Old French | trac | track of horses, trail, trace; track; a track,... |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | treck | — |
| 6 | Old Dutch | trecken | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *trakkjan | to drag |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | trakjaną | to drag |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |