Where does “tramage” come from?
tramage (French) comes from French tramer, from French trame, from Old French traime, from Latin trama, from Latin trahō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰreǵʰ- — to drag, draw, pull; to draw, drag.
tramage (French): weaving, embroidery; dithering
Definitions
- weaving, embroidery; dithering
Ancestry of “tramage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | tramer | to weave; to hatch, think up, come up with |
| 2 | French | trame | weft; frame; screentone |
| 3 | Old French | traime | — |
| 4 | Latin | trama | woof, weft; A lean, lanky person |
| 5 | Latin | trahō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰreǵʰ- | to drag, draw, pull; to draw, drag |