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Where does “трос” come from?

трос (Russian) comes from Dutch tros, from Middle Low German trosse, from Old French trousse, from Latin torsus, from Latin tortus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

трос (Russian): hawser, line, rope

Definitions

  1. hawser, line, rope

Ancestry of “трос”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchtrosraceme; cluster, bunch, string; hawser
2Middle Low Germantrosse—
3Old Frenchtroussepack; bunch, bundle
4Latintorsus—
5Latintortustwisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted
6Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
7Proto-Italic-tus—
8Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →