Where does “untraced” come from?
untraced (English) comes from English traced, from English trace, from Middle English trace, from Old French trace, from Old French tracier, from Latin tractiāre, from Latin tractus, from Latin trahere — to run.
untraced (English): Not having been traced
Definitions
- Not having been traced
Ancestry of “untraced”, step by step
untraced traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English traced
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | traced | simple past tense and past participle of trace |
| 2 | English | trace | An act of tracing; An enquiry sent out for a... |
| 3 | Middle English | trace | A trail, track or road; a pathway or route; One's... |
| 4 | Old French | trace | trace (markings showing where one has been) |
| 5 | Old French | tracier | — |
| 6 | Latin | tractiāre | trace, score, delineate |
| 7 | Latin | tractus | dragged, having been dragged; trailed, having... |
| 8 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |