Where does “traktir” come from?
traktir (Indonesian) comes from Dutch trakteren, from French tracter, from French tract, from English tract, from Latin tractus, from Latin trahere, from Latin traho, from Proto-Italic traɣō — to run.
traktir (Indonesian): to treat (to give food at no expense)
Definitions
- to treat (to give food at no expense)
Ancestry of “traktir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | trakteren | to treat (to give food or drink at no expense) |
| 2 | French | tracter | to pull, to pull behind; to hand out flyers |
| 3 | French | tract | flyer, circular, pamphlet |
| 4 | English | tract | An area or expanse; A series of connected body... |
| 5 | Latin | tractus | dragged, having been dragged; trailed, having... |
| 6 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |