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Where does “treire” come from?

treire (Old French) comes 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.

treire (Old French): Alternative form of traire; to pull, to drag

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of traire; to pull, to drag

Ancestry of “treire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latintragere—
2Latintraheresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3LatintrahoI drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw
4Proto-Italictraɣō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeantregʰ-to drag, pull?; to run, walk
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰregʰ-to run

Words derived from “treire”

  • traire
  • trayeuse
  • pourtreire
  • traithie
  • traithe
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