Where does “traddy” come from?
traddy (English) comes from English trad, from English traditional, from French traditionnel, from French tradition, from Middle French tradition, from Old French tradicion, from Latin trāditiō, from Latin -tiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
traddy (English): Traditional, traditionalist
Definitions
- Traditional, traditionalist
Ancestry of “traddy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trad | traditional; traditional climbing; Irish... |
| 2 | English | traditional | Of, relating to, or derived from tradition;... |
| 3 | French | traditionnel | traditional |
| 4 | French | tradition | tradition; A type of baguette or French stick |
| 5 | Middle French | tradition | delivery; treason; fable; oral narrative |
| 6 | Old French | tradicion | delivery |
| 7 | Latin | trāditiō | a surrender, delivering up |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |