Where does “maltrattare” come from?
maltrattare (Italian) comes from Italian trattare, 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.
maltrattare (Italian): to ill-treat, mistreat, manhandle; to misuse; to...
Definitions
- to ill-treat, mistreat, manhandle; to misuse; to...
Ancestry of “maltrattare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | trattare | to treat, to handle, to deal with; to handle, to... |
| 2 | French | traiter | to treat; to take care; to process, spray, coat |
| 3 | Middle French | traicter | to treat |
| 4 | Old French | traiter | — |
| 5 | Latin | tractāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | tractō | to tug, drag or haul |
| 7 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 8 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |