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Where does “trame” come from?

trame (French) comes from Old French traime, from Latin trama, from Latin trahō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰreǵʰ- — to drag, draw, pull; to draw, drag.

trame (French): weft; frame; screentone

Definitions

  1. weft; frame; screentone

Ancestry of “trame”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtraime—
2Latintramawoof, weft; A lean, lanky person
3Latintrahō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰreǵʰ-to drag, draw, pull; to draw, drag

Words derived from “trame”

  • tramer
  • tramage
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