Where does “malträtering” come from?

malträtering (Swedish) comes from Swedish malträtera, 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.

malträtering (Swedish): maltreatment

Definitions

  1. maltreatment

Ancestry of “malträtering”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishmalträteramaltreat
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