Where does “maltrata” come from?
maltrata (Romanian) comes from Italian maltrattare, from Italian trattare, 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.
maltrata (Romanian): to mistreat
Definitions
- to mistreat
Ancestry of “maltrata”, step by step
maltrata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian maltrattare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | maltrattare | to ill-treat, mistreat, manhandle; to misuse; to... |
| 2 | Italian | trattare | to treat, to handle, to deal with; to handle, to... |
| 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 |
via French maltraiter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | maltraiter | to mistreat |
| 2 | French | mal- | badly; wrongly; denotes the opposite of the... |
| 3 | Middle French | mal- | — |
| 4 | Old French | mal- | bad; badly |
| 5 | Latin | male | badly; wrongly; cruelly, wickedly |
| 6 | Latin | malus | unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μηλέα | apple tree |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |