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Where does “maltratar” come from?

maltratar (Spanish) comes from Spanish tratar, from Latin tractāre, from Latin tractō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

maltratar (Spanish): to mistreat

Definitions

  1. to mistreat

Ancestry of “maltratar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtratarto treat; to address, to refer to as; to deal...
2Latintractāre—
3Latintractō—
4Latin-tō—
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus—
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “maltratar”

  • maltratador
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →