Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To move along briskly; specifically, to move at a pace between a walk and a run. · To move at a gait between a walk and a canter. · To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering. · To bid against (a person) at an auction, so as to raise the price of the goods.
A gait of a person or animal faster than a walk but slower than a run. · A brisk journey or progression. · A gait of a four-legged animal between walk and canter, a diagonal gait (in which diagonally opposite pairs of legs move together). · A toddler.
From Middle English trotten, from Old French trotter, troter (“to go, trot”), from Medieval Latin *trottō, *trotō (“to go”), from Frankish *trottōn (“to go, run”), from Proto-Germanic *trudōną, *trudaną, *tradjaną (“to go, step, tread”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- (“to run, escape”). Cognate with Old High German trottōn (“to run”), Modern German trotten (“to trot, plod”), Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 (trudan, “to tread”), Old Norse troða (“to walk, tread”), Old English tredan (“to step, tread”). Doublet of trade and tread.
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- Inherited-form mentiontrottenenm
- Derivation mentiontrotterfro
- Derivation mention*trudōnągem-pro
- Derivation mention*dreh₂-ine-pro · to run, escape
- Cognate mentiontrottōngoh
- Cognate mentiontrottende
- Cognate mention𐍄𐍂𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽got
- Cognate mentiontroðanon
- Cognate mentiontredanang
- Doublet mentiontradeen
- Doublet mentiontreaden
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