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Where does “traceur” come from?

traceur (French) comes from French tracer, from Old French tracier, from Latin tractiāre, from Latin tractus, from Latin trahere, from Latin traho, from Proto-Italic traɣō, from Proto-Indo-European tregʰ- — to run.

traceur (French): tracer , plotter; tracer; plotter

Definitions

  1. tracer , plotter; tracer; plotter

Ancestry of “traceur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtracerto draw or plot , to trace out; to rule; to buck...
2Old Frenchtracier—
3Latintractiāre—
4Latintractusdragged, having been dragged; trailed, having...
5Latintraheresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6LatintrahoI drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw
7Proto-Italictraɣō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeantregʰ-to drag, pull?; to run, walk
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰregʰ-to run

Words derived from “traceur”

  • traceur
  • radiotraceur
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ- →