Where does “troter” come from?
troter (Old French) comes from Medieval Latin troto, from English trot, from Middle English trotten, from Old French trotter, from Medieval Latin trotto, from Frankish trottōn, from Proto-Germanic tradjaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą — he, she.
troter (Old French): to go, trot
Definitions
- to go, trot
Ancestry of “troter”, step by step
troter traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Medieval Latin troto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | troto | to go |
| 2 | English | trot | An ugly old woman, a hag; A gait of a four-legged... |
| 3 | Middle English | trotten | — |
| 4 | Old French | trotter | — |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | trotto | to go |
| 6 | Frankish | trottōn | to go, run |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tradjaną | to tread, trample |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Latin trotare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | trotare | to go |