Where does “treten” come from?

treten (Middle English) comes from Old French tretier, from Latin tractāre, from Latin tractō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Ancestry of “treten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtretier
2Latintractāre
3Latintractōto tug, drag or haul
4Latin-tōForms here
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “treten

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin -tō