Where does “treatise” come from?
Treatise comes from Middle English tretys, from Old French traitis and traictier, from Latin tracto and traho, meaning to draw or handle.
treatise (English): A formal, usually lengthy, systematic discourse...
Definitions
- A formal, usually lengthy, systematic discourse...
Ancestry of “treatise”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | tretys | Having seemly or attractive proportions; i.e.... |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | tretiz | treatise |
| 3 | Old French | traitier | to deal with, treat |
| 4 | Latin | tractāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | tractō | to tug, drag or haul |
| 6 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 7 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |