| 【tread】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Old English word(s) "tredan." It carries the basic meaning of "tread." from PIE *treden "[from Anglo-Saxon tredan] tread" |
[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "tread"]
trade ****[2081] Trade is the activity of buying, selling, or exchanging goods or services between people, firms, or countries.
trading **[3847] trade + ing
tread ☆[5273] If you tread on something, you put your foot on it when you are walking or standing.
[WORD ROOT]root tread
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] tread, trip, trade, trade-
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Old English) tredan
[MEANING]root tread
【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】
- 【Low German】 trade ognate with Old English; track, course
- 【Middle English】 trede
- 【Middle English】 treden [from Anglo-Saxon tredan] tread
- 【Old English】 tredan to tread, step on, trample; traverse, pass over
Please see the Word information in detail as follows;
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trade ★★★★[2081] noun from trade 〈 tread
【DEFINITION】 Trade is the activity of buying, selling, or exchanging goods or services between people, firms, or countries.
【pl.】 trades
【SYNONYM】 business
【ROOTs】 trade(tread); tread
【Etymology】 《Middle English trede》
【First Known Meaning】 path, track, course of action
【DERIVATIVEs】 tradable, trade, tradeable, tradeless, tradership, trader
trading ★★[3847] noun from trade 〈 tread
【DEFINITION】 trade + ing
【COMPOSITION】 trade + ing
【ROOTs】 ⑴ trad(tread); tread ⑵ ing; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Middle English trede》
tread ☆[5273] verb from tread
【DEFINITION】 If you tread on something, you put your foot on it when you are walking or standing.
【Declension/Conjugation】 trod trodden trod treading treads
【SYNONYM】 trample
【ROOTs】 tread; tread
【Etymology】 《Middle English treden》 [from Anglo-Saxon tredan] tread
【First Known Meaning】 to tread, step on, trample; traverse, pass over
【DERIVATIVEs】 treader, tread
Other words containing "tread"; tradable, tradeable, tradeless, tradeoff, trade-off, trader, tradership, traumatically, treader, treadle, treadmill, trippingly
(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)
【OTHER ROOTs; 】
travel
trans
trad
tract
torn
topo-, top-
tone
to
time
tier
