Etymograph

English

trot

Trot comes from Old French trotter, from Medieval Latin *trottō ‘to go’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- ‘to run, escape’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dreh₂-‘to run, escape’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*trudōnąreconstructed
  3. Frankishc. 250–700*trottōn‘to go, run’reconstructed
  4. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500*trottō‘to go’reconstructed
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400trotter
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500trotten
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1810trot

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dreh₂-‘to run, escape’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*trudōnąreconstructed
  3. Frankishc. 250–700*trottōn‘to go, run’reconstructed
  4. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500*trottō‘to go’reconstructed
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400trotter
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500trotten
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1810trot

Earliest quotation: 1810, Jack and Jill, York: J. Kendrew: “Then up Jack got. And home did trot, As…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- ‘to run, escape’

trade, drow, trow, 1 more

Today it means

noun A gait of a person or animal faster than a walk but slower than a run.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- / trot

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