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Where does “tracier” come from?

tracier (Old French) comes from Latin tractiāre, 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.

Ancestry of “tracier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintractiāre—
2Latintractusdragged, having been dragged; trailed, having...
3Latintraheresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4LatintrahoI drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw
5Proto-Italictraɣō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeantregʰ-to drag, pull?; to run, walk
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰregʰ-to run

Words derived from “tracier”

  • trace
  • traced
  • tracing
  • traceable
  • tracer
  • tracery
  • traceability
  • untraceable
  • traceroute
  • radiotracer
  • traceback
  • untraced
  • traceried
  • traceless
  • raytraced
  • backtrace
  • tracee
  • traceological
  • tracepoint
  • traceably
  • traceur
  • untraceably
  • tracelessly
  • nontraced
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