Where does “foxtrott” come from?
foxtrott (Hungarian) comes from German Foxtrott, from English foxtrot, from English trot, from Middle English trotten, from Old French trotter, from Medieval Latin trotto, from Frankish trottōn, from Proto-Germanic tradjaną — he, she.
foxtrott (Hungarian): foxtrot
Definitions
- foxtrot
Ancestry of “foxtrott”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Foxtrott | — |
| 2 | English | foxtrot | A ballroom dance with a slow-slow-quick-quick... |
| 3 | English | trot | An ugly old woman, a hag; A gait of a four-legged... |
| 4 | Middle English | trotten | — |
| 5 | Old French | trotter | — |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | trotto | to go |
| 7 | Frankish | trottōn | to go, run |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tradjaną | to tread, trample |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |