Where does “maltrattament” come from?
maltrattament (Maltese) comes from Italian maltrattamento, from Italian maltrattare, from Italian trattare, from French traiter, from Middle French traicter, from Old French traiter, from Latin tractāre, from Latin tractō — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
maltrattament (Maltese): ill-treatment
Definitions
- ill-treatment
Ancestry of “maltrattament”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | maltrattamento | ill treatment, mistreatment |
| 2 | Italian | maltrattare | to ill-treat, mistreat, manhandle; to misuse; to... |
| 3 | Italian | trattare | to treat, to handle, to deal with; to handle, to... |
| 4 | French | traiter | to treat; to take care; to process, spray, coat |
| 5 | Middle French | traicter | to treat |
| 6 | Old French | traiter | — |
| 7 | Latin | tractāre | — |
| 8 | Latin | tractō | to tug, drag or haul |
| 9 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 10 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |