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Where does “traceableness” come from?

traceableness (English) comes from English traceable, from English trace, from Middle English trace, from Old French trace, from Old French tracier, from Latin tractiāre, from Latin tractus, from Latin trahere — to run.

traceableness (English): The quality of being traceable

Definitions

  1. The quality of being traceable

Ancestry of “traceableness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtraceableCapable of being traced; possible to track down
2EnglishtraceAn act of tracing; An enquiry sent out for a...
3Middle EnglishtraceA trail, track or road; a pathway or route; One's...
4Old Frenchtracetrace
5Old Frenchtracier—
6Latintractiāre—
7Latintractusdragged, having been dragged; trailed, having...
8Latintraheresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
9LatintrahoI drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw
10Proto-Italictraɣō—
11Proto-Indo-Europeantregʰ-to drag, pull?; to run, walk
12Proto-Indo-Europeandʰregʰ-to run
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