Where does “traité” come from?
traité (French) comes from French traiter, from Middle French traicter, from Old French traiter, from Latin tractāre, from Latin tractō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
traité (French): treatise
Definitions
- treatise
Ancestry of “traité”, step by step
traité traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French traiter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | traiter | to treat; to take care; to process, spray, coat |
| 2 | Middle French | traicter | to treat |
| 3 | Old French | traiter | — |
| 4 | Latin | tractāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | tractō | to tug, drag or haul |
| 6 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 7 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Latin trāditor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | trāditor | betrayer, traitor |
| 2 | Latin | trādō | to hand over, give up, deliver, transmit, surrender; impart; entrust, confide |
| 3 | Latin | trāns | across, beyond |
| 4 | Latin | Padus | the River Po |
| 5 | Lepontic | Bodincus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |