Etymograph

English

traiteur

Traiteur comes from French traiteur ‘traiteur, caterer’, from traiter ‘to treat (someone)’, and ultimately from Latin trahō ‘to draw, pull’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrahō‘to draw, pull’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtractāre‘to pull, manage’past participle stem of trahō
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400tretier
  4. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600traicter‘to treat’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presenttraiter‘to treat (someone)’
  6. French, derivedc. 1600–presenttraiteur‘traiteur, caterer’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrahō‘to draw, pull’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtractāre‘to pull, manage’past participle stem of trahō
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400tretier
  4. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600traicter‘to treat’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presenttraiter‘to treat (someone)’
  6. French, derivedc. 1600–presenttraiteur‘traiteur, caterer’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Latin trahō ‘to draw, pull’

contract, attractive, retreat, attraction, abstract, extract, portrait, distraction, traction, tractor, distract, tram, retract, entreat, tractable, 30 more

through Latin tractāre ‘to pull, manage’

treat, tract, trattoria, 1 more

Today it means

noun A restaurateur.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin trahō / traiteur

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