Where does “trackies” come from?
trackies (English) comes from English tracksuit, 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.
trackies (English): Tracksuit bottoms
Definitions
- Tracksuit bottoms
Ancestry of “trackies”, step by step
trackies traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English tracksuit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tracksuit | a garment, usually consisting of a top and... |
| 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 S
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | S | The ordinal number nineteenth, derived from this... |
via English ies
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ies | plural of i, the name of the letter I |