Where does “tracksuit” come from?
Track comes from Middle English trak, Old French trac, Proto-Germanic sōtą, and Proto-Indo-European sed-, ultimately from the root sekʷ- meaning to follow or pursue.
tracksuit (English): a garment, usually consisting of a top and...
Definitions
- a garment, usually consisting of a top and...
Ancestry of “tracksuit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 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 |
Words derived from “tracksuit”