Where does “entreat” come from?

Entreat comes from Old French entretier, from Old French entraiter, combining Old French en- and Latin trahere, meaning "to draw or drag," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ-.

entreat (English): To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired;...

Definitions

  1. To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired;...

Ancestry of “entreat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchentretier—
2Old Frenchentraiter—
3Old Frenchtraiter—
4Latintractāre—
5Latintractōto tug, drag or haul
6Latin-tōForms here
7Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
8Proto-Italic-tus—
9Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “entreat”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin -tō →