Where does “treatymaking” come from?
treatymaking (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.
treatymaking (English): The making of legal treaties
Definitions
- The making of legal treaties
Ancestry of “treatymaking”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | treaty | A binding agreement concluded by subjects of... |
| 2 | Middle English | trete | — |
| 3 | French | traité | treatise; treaty ; an agreement; past participle... |
| 4 | French | traiter | to treat; to take care; to process, spray, coat |
| 5 | Middle French | traicter | to treat |
| 6 | Old French | traiter | — |
| 7 | Latin | tractāre | — |
| 8 | Latin | tractō | — |
| 9 | Latin | -tō | — |
| 10 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |