Where does “megatracksite” come from?
megatracksite (English) comes from English tracksite, 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 — he, she.
megatracksite (English): A site showing geological evidence of very large numbers of fossil tracks or trace fossils
Definitions
- A site showing geological evidence of very large numbers of fossil tracks or trace fossils
Ancestry of “megatracksite”, step by step
megatracksite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tracksite
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tracksite | A site where trackways are found |
| 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 | to drag |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | trakjaną | to drag |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |