Where does “trad” come from?
Trad comes from English traditional, which derives from English tradition, ultimately from Latin tradere meaning "to hand over," from Latin do meaning "to give."
trad (English): traditional; traditional climbing; Irish...
Definitions
- traditional; traditional climbing; Irish...
Ancestry of “trad”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | traditional | Of, relating to, or derived from tradition;... |
| 2 | French | traditionnel | traditional |
| 3 | French | tradition | tradition; A type of baguette or French stick |
| 4 | Middle French | tradition | delivery; treason; fable; oral narrative |
| 5 | Old French | tradicion | delivery |
| 6 | Latin | trāditiō | a surrender, delivering up |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |