Where does “pretreaty” come from?
pretreaty (English) comes from English treaty, from Middle English trete, from French traité, from French traiter, from Middle French traicter, from Old French traiter, from Latin tractāre, from Latin tractō — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
pretreaty (English): Prior to a treaty
Definitions
- Prior to a treaty
Ancestry of “pretreaty”, step by step
pretreaty traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English treaty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | treaty | A binding agreement concluded by subjects of... |
| 2 | Middle English | trete | — |
| 3 | French | traité | treatise |
| 4 | French | traiter | to treat; to take care; to process, spray, coat |
| 5 | Middle French | traicter | to treat |
| 6 | Old French | traiter | — |
| 7 | Latin | tractāre | — |
| 8 | Latin | tractō | to tug, drag or haul |
| 9 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 10 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via English pre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pre | Before; Precum, Cowper's fluid, pre-ejaculate; To... |
| 2 | Latin | prae | before; in front; in front of |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | prai | before; in front of |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |