Where does “entreater” come from?
entreater (English) comes from English entreat, from Old French entretier, from Old French entraiter, from Old French traiter, from Latin tractāre, from Latin tractō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
entreater (English): One who entreats or beseeches
Definitions
- One who entreats or beseeches
Ancestry of “entreater”, step by step
entreater traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English entreat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | entreat | To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired;... |
| 2 | Old French | entretier | — |
| 3 | Old French | entraiter | — |
| 4 | Old French | traiter | — |
| 5 | Latin | tractāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | tractō | to tug, drag or haul |
| 7 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 8 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |