Where does “treta” come from?
treta (Portuguese) comes from Spanish treta, from French traité, from French traiter, from Middle French traicter, from Old French traiter, from Latin tractāre, from Latin tractō, from Latin -tō — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
treta (Portuguese): feint; trick, ruse; humbug, nonsense
Definitions
- feint; trick, ruse; humbug, nonsense
Ancestry of “treta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | treta | trick |
| 2 | French | traité | treatise |
| 3 | French | traiter | to treat; to take care; to process, spray, coat |
| 4 | Middle French | traicter | to treat |
| 5 | Old French | traiter | — |
| 6 | Latin | tractāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | tractō | to tug, drag or haul |
| 8 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 9 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |