Where does “traitorlike” come from?
traitorlike (English) comes from English traitor, from Middle English traitor, from Old French traïtor, from Latin trāditor, from Latin trādō, from Latin trāns, from Latin Padus, from Lepontic Bodincus — smoke; mist, haze.
traitorlike (English): traitorly
Definitions
- traitorly
Ancestry of “traitorlike”, step by step
traitorlike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English traitor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | traitor | Someone who violates an allegiance and betrays... |
| 2 | Middle English | traitor | — |
| 3 | Old French | traïtor | Alternative form of traitor |
| 4 | Latin | trāditor | betrayer, traitor |
| 5 | Latin | trādō | to hand over, give up, deliver, transmit, surrender; impart; entrust, confide |
| 6 | Latin | trāns | across, beyond |
| 7 | Latin | Padus | the River Po |
| 8 | Lepontic | Bodincus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via English like
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | like | To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of;... |
| 2 | Dutch | luik | hatch; shutter; panel, as in a triptych |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | luke | — |
| 4 | Dutch | luiken | to close, to shut |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | luken | to close, to shut; to close, to become closed |
| 6 | Old Dutch | lūcan | to close, shut |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | lūkan | to close, to shut |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | lūkaną | to close, to shut; Alternative form of *leukaną |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lewǵ- | to break, tear; to break, shatter |