English
traditional
From tradition + -al.
A compound of tradition + -al
Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‘give’
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Latin trādō ‘give up’
Latin trāditiō ‘a surrender’
Old French tradicion ‘delivery’
Middle English tradicioun ‘a tradition’
English tradition
first attested First attested in 1545 (as stated in the etymology)
The story
First attested in 1545.
Today it means
adj Of, relating to, or derived from tradition.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / traditional