Where does “foxtrot” come from?
foxtrot (English) comes from English trot, from Middle English trotten, from Old French trotter, from Medieval Latin trotto, from Frankish trottōn, from Proto-Germanic tradjaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
foxtrot (English): A ballroom dance with a slow-slow-quick-quick...
Definitions
- A ballroom dance with a slow-slow-quick-quick...
Ancestry of “foxtrot”, step by step
foxtrot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English trot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trot | An ugly old woman, a hag; A gait of a four-legged... |
| 2 | Middle English | trotten | — |
| 3 | Old French | trotter | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | trotto | to go |
| 5 | Frankish | trottōn | to go, run |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | tradjaną | to tread, trample |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |