Where does “maltratar” come from?
maltratar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese tratar, from Portuguese tractar, 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.
maltratar (Portuguese): to mistreat
Definitions
- to mistreat
Ancestry of “maltratar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | tratar | to treat; to feed; to treat; to negotiate with |
| 2 | Portuguese | tractar | Obsolete spelling of tratar |
| 3 | Latin | tractāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | tractō | to tug, drag or haul |
| 5 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 6 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |