Where does “tramel” come from?

tramel (English) comes from Old French tramail, from Late Latin tremaculum, from Latin tri-, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

tramel (English): A net over a river to catch fish

Definitions

  1. A net over a river to catch fish

Ancestry of “tramel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtramailnet for catching fish; net for catching fishes
2Late Latintremaculum—
3Latintri-three, tri-
4Latintrēsthree; 3
5Proto-Italictrēsthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Latin trēs →