Where does “pourtreire” come from?
pourtreire (Old French) comes from Old French treire, from Vulgar Latin tragere, from Latin trahere, from Latin traho, from Proto-Italic traɣō, from Proto-Indo-European tregʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ- — to run.
pourtreire (Old French): to depict; to portray
Definitions
- to depict; to portray
Ancestry of “pourtreire”, step by step
pourtreire traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French treire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | treire | Alternative form of traire; to pull, to drag |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | tragere | — |
| 3 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |
via Old French poür
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | poür | Alternative form of peor |
| 2 | Latin | pavor | The act of trembling, quaking, throbbing or... |
| 3 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |