Where does “Stromtrasse” come from?
Stromtrasse (German) comes from German Trasse, from French tracé, from French tracer, from Old French tracier, from Latin tractiāre, from Latin tractus, from Latin trahere, from Latin traho — to run.
Stromtrasse (German): power line
Ancestry of “Stromtrasse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Trasse | line |
| 2 | French | tracé | past participle of tracer |
| 3 | French | tracer | to draw or plot , to trace out; to rule; to buck... |
| 4 | Old French | tracier | — |
| 5 | Latin | tractiāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | tractus | dragged, having been dragged; trailed, having... |
| 7 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |