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Where does “trete” come from?

trete (Middle English) comes from French traité, from French traiter, from Middle French traicter, from Old French traiter, from Latin tractāre, from Latin tractō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Ancestry of “trete”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtraitétreatise; treaty ; an agreement; past participle...
2Frenchtraiterto treat; to take care; to process, spray, coat
3Middle Frenchtraicterto treat
4Old Frenchtraiter—
5Latintractāre—
6Latintractō—
7Latin-tō—
8Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
9Proto-Italic-tus—
10Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →