English
treat
Treat comes from Anglo-Norman treter and Old French tretier, from Latin tractō ‘to handle, manage’, from trahō ‘to pull’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrahōas trahere, past participle stem‘to drag, pull’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtractō‘to handle, manage; to drag’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400tretier
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400treter
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500treten
- Englishearliest quotation 1515treat
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrahōas trahere, past participle stem‘to drag, pull’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtractō‘to handle, manage; to drag’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400tretier
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400treter
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500treten
- Englishearliest quotation 1515treat
Earliest quotation: 1515, Alexander Barclay: “To treate a tiran it is but thing in…”
Linked words
through Latin trahō ‘to draw", "to pull’
contract, attractive, portrait, abstract, extract, attraction, distraction, traction, tractor, distract, trait, tram, retract, tractable, 32 more
through Latin tractāre ‘to pull", "to manage’
Today it means
verb To negotiate, discuss terms, bargain (for or with).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin trahō / treat