Where does “treatment” come from?
Treatment derives from Middle English treten, from Old French -ment, from Latin -mentum combined with Latin trahere meaning to draw or pull.
treatment (English): The process or manner of treating someone or...
Definitions
- The process or manner of treating someone or...
Ancestry of “treatment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | treat | To negotiate, discuss terms, bargain; To... |
| 2 | Middle English | treten | — |
| 3 | Old French | tretier | — |
| 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 |