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Where does “fortreden” come from?

fortreden (Middle English) comes from Old English fortredan, from Proto-Germanic fratredaną.

Ancestry of “fortreden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfortredanto tread upon, tread utterly down on, tread under...
2Proto-Germanicfratredaną—

Words derived from “fortreden”

  • fortread
Every word from Proto-Germanic fratredaną →