Where does “maltrătație” come from?
maltrătație (Romanian) comes from Romanian maltrata, from Italian maltrattare, from Italian trattare, from French traiter, from Middle French traicter, from Old French traiter, from Latin tractāre, from Latin tractō — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
maltrătație (Romanian): mistreatment
Definitions
- mistreatment
Ancestry of “maltrătație”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | maltrata | to mistreat |
| 2 | Italian | maltrattare | to ill-treat, mistreat, manhandle; to misuse; to... |
| 3 | Italian | trattare | to treat, to handle, to deal with; to handle, to... |
| 4 | French | traiter | to treat; to take care; to process, spray, coat |
| 5 | Middle French | traicter | to treat |
| 6 | Old French | traiter | — |
| 7 | Latin | tractāre | — |
| 8 | Latin | tractō | to tug, drag or haul |
| 9 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 10 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |