Where does “tramme” come from?

tramme (Middle English) comes from Old French traime, from Latin trama, from Latin trahō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰreǵʰ- — to drag, draw, pull; to draw, drag.

tramme (Middle English): A device, machine, or contrivance

Definitions

  1. A device, machine, or contrivance

Ancestry of “tramme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtraime—
2Latintramawoof, weft; A lean, lanky person
3Latintrahōto drag, pull
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰreǵʰ-to drag, draw, pull; to draw, drag
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰreǵʰ- →Every word from Latin trahō →Every word from Latin trama →