Where does “traceless” come from?
traceless (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.
traceless (English): That has no traces; That cannot be traced;...
Definitions
- That has no traces; That cannot be traced;...
Ancestry of “traceless”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |
| 4 | Old French | tracier | — |
| 5 | Latin | tractiāre | — |
| 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 |
Words derived from “traceless”