Where does “treaty” come from?
Treaty comes from Middle English trety, from Old French traitié, from Latin tractatus, the past participle of trahere meaning to draw or handle, literally referring to something drawn up or negotiated.
treaty (English): A binding agreement concluded by subjects of...
Definitions
- A binding agreement concluded by subjects of...
Ancestry of “treaty”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | trete | — |
| 2 | French | traité | treatise |
| 3 | French | traiter | to treat; to take care; to process, spray, coat |
| 4 | Middle French | traicter | to treat |
| 5 | Old French | traiter | — |
| 6 | Latin | tractāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | tractō | to tug, drag or haul |
| 8 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 9 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |