Where does “trace element” come from?
trace element (English) comes from English trace, from Middle English trace, from Old French trace, from Old French tracier, from Latin tractiāre, from Latin tractus, from Latin trahere, from Latin traho — to run.
trace element (English): A chemical element present in a sample in very...
Definitions
- A chemical element present in a sample in very...
Ancestry of “trace element”, step by step
trace element traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English trace
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trace | An act of tracing; An enquiry sent out for a... |
| 2 | Middle English | trace | A trail, track or road; a pathway or route; One's... |
| 3 | Old French | trace | trace (markings showing where one has been) |
| 4 | Old French | tracier | — |
| 5 | Latin | tractiāre | trace, score, delineate |
| 6 | Latin | tractus | dragged, having been dragged; trailed, having... |
| 7 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |
via English element
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | element | One of the simplest or essential parts or... |
| 2 | Middle English | element | — |
| 3 | Old French | element | — |
| 4 | Latin | elementum | one of four elements that composed the world;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | στοιχεῖον | one of a row; one of a series, a component part,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | στοῖχος | row in an ascending series; a line of poles... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | stóikʰos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | stóygʰ-os | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | steygʰ- | to go; to climb |