Where does “maltrete” come from?

maltrete (Haitian Creole) comes from French maltraiter, from French traiter, from Middle French traicter, from Old French traiter, from Latin tractāre, from Latin tractō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

maltrete (Haitian Creole): mistreat

Definitions

  1. mistreat

Ancestry of “maltrete”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmaltraiterto mistreat
2Frenchtraiterto treat; to take care; to process, spray, coat
3Middle Frenchtraicterto treat
4Old Frenchtraiter
5Latintractāre
6Latintractōto tug, drag or haul
7Latin-tōForms here
8Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
9Proto-Italic-tus
10Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin -tō