Where does “trait” come from?
trait (Middle French) comes from Latin tractus, from Latin trahere, from Latin traho, from Proto-Italic traɣō, from Proto-Indo-European tregʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ- — to run.
trait (Middle French): line, feature
Definitions
- line, feature
Ancestry of “trait”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | tractus | dragged, having been dragged; trailed, having... |
| 2 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |