Where does “tramail” come from?

tramail (Old French) comes from Late Latin tremaculum, from Latin tri-, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

tramail (Old French): net for catching fish; net for catching fishes

Definitions

  1. net for catching fish; net for catching fishes

Ancestry of “tramail”, step by step

tramail traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Late Latin tremaculum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latintremaculum—
2Latintri-three, tri-
3Latintrēsthree; 3
4Proto-Italictrēsthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

via Latin tremaculum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintremaculum—

via Medieval Latin tremaculum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latintremaculum—

Words derived from “tramail”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Latin trēs →