Where does “untrammeled” come from?

Untrammeled comes from English trammel, from Old French tramail, from Late Latin tremaculum, meaning a three-mesh fishing net that came to mean any restraint or impediment.

untrammeled (English): Not limited or restricted; unrestrained;...

Definitions

  1. Not limited or restricted; unrestrained;...

Ancestry of “untrammeled”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtrammelWhatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom,...
2Old Frenchtramailnet for catching fish; net for catching fishes
3Late Latintremaculum
4Latintri-three, tri-
5Latintrēsthree; 3
6Proto-Italictrēsthree
7Proto-Indo-European*tréyes

Words derived from “untrammeled

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyesEvery word from Proto-Italic trēsEvery word from Latin trēs