Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗To observe the (measured) state of a person or object over time. · To monitor the movement of a person or object. · To match the movement or change of a person or object. · To travel so that a moving object remains in shot.
Etymology tree Old French trac Middle English trak /tracke English track From Middle English trak, tracke, from Old French trac (“track of horses, trail, trace”), of uncertain origin. Likely from a Germanic source, either Old Norse traðk ("a track; path; trodden spot"; > Icelandic traðk (“a track; path; tread”), Faroese traðk (“track; tracks”), Norwegian tråkke (“to trample”)) or from Middle Dutch trec, *trac, treck ("line, row, series"; > Dutch trek (“a draft; feature; trait; groove; expedition”)), German Low German Treck (“a draught; movement; passage; flow”). See tread, trek.
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- Inherited-form mentiontrakenm
- Derivation mentiontracfro · track of horses, trail, trace
- Derivation mentiontraðknon
- Cognate mentiontraðkis · a track; path; tread
- Cognate mentiontraðkfo · track; tracks
- Cognate mentiontråkkeno · to trample
- Derivation mentiontrecdum
- Cognate mentiontreknl · a draft; feature; trait; groove; expedition
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