From Trek + lit (“literature”).
Formed from Trek + lit ‘literature’
Proto-Indo-European *dreg- ‘to drag, scrape’
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Old Dutch *trekkan
Middle Dutch trekken
Dutch trekken
Afrikaans trek ‘to haul’
English Trek
Proto-Indo-European *wel- ‘to see’
Proto-Germanic *wlitiz ‘countenance, face’
Old Norse litr ‘colour, dye, complexion, face, countenance’
Middle English lit
English lit
Today it means
noun Written fiction based on the Star Trek franchise, including both licensed stories and fan fiction.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Treklit
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