Where does “trace” come from?
trace (Middle English) comes from Old French trace, from Old French tracier, from Latin tractiāre, from Latin tractus, from Latin trahere, from Latin traho, from Proto-Italic traɣō, from Proto-Indo-European tregʰ- — to run.
trace (Middle English): A trail, track or road; a pathway or route; One's...
Definitions
- A trail, track or road; a pathway or route; One's...
Ancestry of “trace”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | trace | trace (markings showing where one has been) |
| 2 | Old French | tracier | — |
| 3 | Latin | tractiāre | trace, score, delineate |
| 4 | Latin | tractus | dragged, having been dragged; trailed, having... |
| 5 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |