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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”

  • tranter
  • tranty
Every word from Middle Dutch tranten →