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Where does “treatyless” come from?

treatyless (English) comes from English treaty, from Middle English trete, from French traité, from French traiter, from Middle French traicter, from Old French traiter, from Latin tractāre, from Latin tractō — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

treatyless (English): Without a treaty

Definitions

  1. Without a treaty

Ancestry of “treatyless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtreatyA binding agreement concluded by subjects of...
2Middle Englishtrete—
3Frenchtraitétreatise; treaty ; an agreement; past participle...
4Frenchtraiterto treat; to take care; to process, spray, coat
5Middle Frenchtraicterto treat
6Old Frenchtraiter—
7Latintractāre—
8Latintractō—
9Latin-tō—
10Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
11Proto-Italic-tus—
12Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
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