Where does “maltreater” come from?
maltreater (English) comes from English maltreat, from French maltraiter, from French traiter, from Middle French traicter, from Old French traiter, from Latin tractāre, from Latin tractō, from Latin -tō — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
maltreater (English): One who maltreats someone or something
Definitions
- One who maltreats someone or something
Ancestry of “maltreater”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | maltreat | To treat badly, to abuse |
| 2 | French | maltraiter | to mistreat |
| 3 | French | traiter | to treat; to take care; to process, spray, coat |
| 4 | Middle French | traicter | to treat |
| 5 | Old French | traiter | — |
| 6 | Latin | tractāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | tractō | — |
| 8 | Latin | -tō | — |
| 9 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |