Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “trety” come from?

trety (Middle English) comes from Old French traieté, from Latin tractatus, from Latin tractare, from Latin tracto, from Latin tractus, from Latin trahere, from Latin traho, from Proto-Italic traɣō — to run.

trety (Middle English): Alternative form of tretys

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of tretys

Ancestry of “trety”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtraieté—
2Latintractatustugged, dragged, hauled; handled, managed;...
3Latintractarepresent active infinitive of tractō;...
4LatintractoI tug, drag or haul; I handle or manage; I...
5Latintractusdragged, having been dragged; trailed, having...
6Latintraheresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7LatintrahoI drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw
8Proto-Italictraɣō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeantregʰ-to drag, pull?; to run, walk
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰregʰ-to run

Words derived from “trety”

  • treaty
  • treatymaking
  • nontreaty
  • antitreaty
  • treatyless
  • treatymaker
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