Where does “малтретирати” come from?

малтретирати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German malträtieren, from French maltraiter, 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.

малтретирати (Serbo-Croatian): to bully, harass; to molest, maltreat

Definitions

  1. to bully, harass; to molest, maltreat

Ancestry of “малтретирати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmalträtierento mistreat something; to abuse; to maltreat...
2Frenchmaltraiterto mistreat
3Frenchtraiterto treat; to take care; to process, spray, coat
4Middle Frenchtraicterto treat
5Old Frenchtraiter
6Latintractāre
7Latintractōto tug, drag or haul
8Latin-tōForms here
9Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
10Proto-Italic-tus
11Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin -tō