Where does “trotter” come from?
trotter (Middle English) comes from Old French troter, from Medieval Latin troto, from English trot, from Middle English trotten, from Old French trotter, from Medieval Latin trotto, from Frankish trottōn, from Proto-Germanic tradjaną — he, she.
Ancestry of “trotter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | troter | to go, trot |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | troto | to go |
| 3 | English | trot | An ugly old woman, a hag; A gait of a four-legged... |
| 4 | Middle English | trotten | — |
| 5 | Old French | trotter | — |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | trotto | to go |
| 7 | Frankish | trottōn | to go, run |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tradjaną | to tread, trample |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |