Where does “trant” come from?

trant (English) comes from Middle English trant, from Dutch trant, from Middle Dutch trant, from Middle Dutch tranten — to step, walk; to walk.

trant (English): To walk; go about; To traffic in an itinerant...

Definitions

  1. To walk; go about; To traffic in an itinerant...

Ancestry of “trant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishtrantA stratagem, trick or trant; an act of...
2Dutchtrantmanner
3Middle Dutchtranta step
4Middle Dutchtrantento step, walk; to walk

Words derived from “trant”

Every word from Middle Dutch tranten →Every word from Middle Dutch trant →Every word from Dutch trant →