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Where does “tramer” come from?

tramer (French) comes 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.

tramer (French): to weave; to hatch, think up, come up with

Definitions

  1. to weave; to hatch, think up, come up with

Ancestry of “tramer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtrameweft; frame; screentone
2Old Frenchtraime—
3Latintramawoof, weft; A lean, lanky person
4Latintrahō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰreǵʰ-to drag, draw, pull; to draw, drag

Words derived from “tramer”

  • tramage
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