Where does “trac” come from?
trac (Romanian) comes from Latin thracius, from Latin iūs, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
trac (Romanian): stage fright
Definitions
- stage fright
Ancestry of “trac”, step by step
trac traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin thracius
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | thracius | Thracian |
| 2 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 3 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via French trac
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | trac | track; stage fright, nervousness |
| 2 | Old French | trac | track of horses, trail, trace; track; a track,... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | treck | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | trecken | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *trakkjan | to drag |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | trakjaną | to drag |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |