Where does “treelist” come from?

treelist (English) comes from English List, from French liste, from German līste, from Italian lista, from Old High German līsta, from Proto-Germanic līstōn.

treelist (English): A user interface control that displays a list of items in an expandable hierarchy

Definitions

A user interface control that displays a list of items in an expandable hierarchy

Ancestry of “treelist”, step by step

treelist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English List

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	List	A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth
2	French	liste	list
3	German	līste	list
4	Italian	lista	list, pile; strip, stripe; inflection of...
5	Old High German	līsta	—
6	Proto-Germanic	līstōn	—

via English tree

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	tree	A perennial woody plant, not exactly defined, but...
2	Middle English	tre	A tree or a plant that resembles one

Every word from Proto-Germanic līstōn →