English
trahison
Trahison comes from French trahison ‘treason’, and goes back to Old French traïson.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400traïson‘treason’
- Frenchc. 1600–presenttrahison‘treason’
- Englishearliest quotation 2010same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400traïson‘treason’
- Frenchc. 1600–presenttrahison‘treason’
- Englishearliest quotation 2010same form
Earliest quotation: 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22: “That this trahison would take a partly “multicultural” form…”
Linked words
through Old French trair
through Old French traïson ‘treason’
Today it means
noun Treason.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French traïson / trahison