Where does “startracker” come from?
startracker (English) comes from English tracker, 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.
startracker (English): An optical device that measures the positions of...
Definitions
- An optical device that measures the positions of...
Ancestry of “startracker”, step by step
startracker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tracker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tracker | Agent noun of track; one who, or that which,... |
| 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 |
via English star
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | star | Any small luminous dot appearing in the cloudless... |
| 2 | Middle English | sterre | star |
| 3 | Old English | steorra | star |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | sterrō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sternô | star |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂stḗr | star |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eHs- | to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth |