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Where does “traiter” come from?

traiter (Old French) comes from Latin tractāre, from Latin tractō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Ancestry of “traiter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintractāre—
2Latintractō—
3Latin-tō—
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “traiter”

  • treatment
  • treat
  • retreat
  • treating
  • retreating
  • entreat
  • maltreatment
  • mistreatment
  • pretreatment
  • treatable
  • posttreatment
  • mistreat
  • intreat
  • maltreat
  • untreatable
  • retreatment
  • treatability
  • overtreatment
  • undertreatment
  • treater
  • nontreatment
  • treateth
  • retreatant
  • pretreat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →