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Where does “treatiser” come from?

treatiser (English) comes from English treatise, from Middle English tretys, from Anglo-Norman tretiz, from Old French traitier, from Latin tractāre, from Latin tractō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

treatiser (English): One who writes a treatise

Definitions

  1. One who writes a treatise

Ancestry of “treatiser”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtreatiseA formal, usually lengthy, systematic discourse...
2Middle EnglishtretysHaving seemly or attractive proportions; i.e....
3Anglo-Normantretiztreatise
4Old Frenchtraitierto deal with, treat
5Latintractāre—
6Latintractō—
7Latin-tō—
8Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
9Proto-Italic-tus—
10Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →