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Where does “traceur” come from?

traceur (English) comes from French traceur, from French tracer, from Old French tracier, from Latin tractiāre, from Latin tractus, from Latin trahere, from Latin traho, from Proto-Italic traɣō — to run.

traceur (English): A practitioner of parkour

Definitions

  1. A practitioner of parkour

Ancestry of “traceur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtraceurtracer , plotter; tracer; plotter
2Frenchtracerto draw or plot , to trace out; to rule; to buck...
3Old Frenchtracier—
4Latintractiāre—
5Latintractusdragged, having been dragged; trailed, having...
6Latintraheresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7LatintrahoI drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw
8Proto-Italictraɣō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeantregʰ-to drag, pull?; to run, walk
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰregʰ-to run
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