Where does “tracklisting” come from?
tracklisting (English) comes 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, from Proto-Germanic -janą — he, she.
tracklisting (English): A list of tracks appearing on an album, EP, LP...
Definitions
- A list of tracks appearing on an album, EP, LP...
Ancestry of “tracklisting”, step by step
tracklisting traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English track
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | track | A mark left by something that has passed along; A... |
| 2 | Middle English | trak | — |
| 3 | Old French | trac | track of horses, trail, trace; track; a track,... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | treck | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | trecken | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *trakkjan | to drag |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | trakjaną | to drag |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English listing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | listing | As listed or shown on a listing; present... |
| 2 | English | list | A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a... |
| 3 | Middle English | liste | Alternative form of light; ability, cleverness,... |
| 4 | Middle English | light | The radiation which allows for vision by... |
| 5 | Old English | lēoht | luminous, bright, light, clear, resplendent,... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | leuht | light, bright; light |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | leuhtą | light |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | lewktom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lewk- | bright; to shine; to see |