Where does “headtracking” come from?
headtracking (English) comes from English tracking, 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 — to pull; to drag, scrape.
headtracking (English): A technique that tracks the movements of the...
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- A technique that tracks the movements of the...
Ancestry of “headtracking”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | tracking | The act or process by which something is tracked;... |
| 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 | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | trakjaną | to drag |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | trekaną | to push; to drag; to scratch |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dreg- | to pull; to drag, scrape |