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
- Not limited or restricted; unrestrained;...
Ancestry of “untrammeled”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | trammel | Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom,... |
| 2 | Old French | tramail | net for catching fish; net for catching fishes |
| 3 | Late Latin | tremaculum | — |
| 4 | Latin | tri- | three, tri- |
| 5 | Latin | trēs | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | trēs | three |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |
Words derived from “untrammeled”