Where does “trafficked” come from?
Trafficked comes from English traffic, derived from Middle French trafique, from Italian traffico and its verb trafficare, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European verbal adjective suffixes -eh₂tos and -tós.
trafficked (English): Carrying traffic; subject to traffic; simple past...
Definitions
- Carrying traffic; subject to traffic; simple past...
Ancestry of “trafficked”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | traffic | Pedestrians or vehicles on roads, or the flux or... |
| 2 | Middle French | trafique | traffic |
| 3 | Italian | traffico | traffic; trade; activity, rush |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | transfricare | to rub across |
| 5 | Latin | fricō | — |
| 6 | Latin | frio | I crumble, rub, or break into pieces |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *friāō | — |
Words derived from “trafficked”