Where does “trammel” come from?

trammel (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.

trammel (English): Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom,...

Definitions

  1. Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom,...

Ancestry of “trammel”, 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—

Words derived from “trammel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Latin trēs →
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