Where does “globetrotter” come from?
globetrotter (English) comes from English trotter, 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 — he, she.
globetrotter (English): A person who travels often to faraway places
Definitions
- A person who travels often to faraway places
Ancestry of “globetrotter”, step by step
globetrotter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English trotter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trotter | In harness racing, a horse with a gait in which... |
| 2 | English | trot | An ugly old woman, a hag; A gait of a four-legged... |
| 3 | Middle English | trotten | — |
| 4 | Old French | trotter | — |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | trotto | to go |
| 6 | Frankish | trottōn | to go, run |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tradjaną | to tread, trample |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |