Where does “traitor” come from?
traitor (Middle English) comes from Old French traïtor, from Latin trāditor, from Latin trādō, from Latin trāns, from Latin Padus, from Lepontic Bodincus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ- — smoke; mist, haze.
Ancestry of “traitor”, step by step
Words derived from “traitor”