Where does “trade” come from?
Trade comes from Middle English trade, from Middle Low German trade, from Old Saxon trada, from Proto-Germanic tradō, from Proto-Indo-European der-.
trade (English): Buying and selling of goods and services on a...
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Ancestry of “trade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | trade | path, course of conduct |
| 2 | Middle Low German | trade | track, course |
| 3 | Old Saxon | trada | spoor, track |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *trudo | — |
Words derived from “trade”