English
tregetour
Tregetour comes from Old French tregetor, from Latin trans ‘across, beyond’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- ‘through, throughout, over’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*terh₂-1‘through, throughout, over’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tr̥h₂-n̥ts1reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*trānts1reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrans2‘across, beyond’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400tregetor2
- Englishearliest quotation 1819tregetour2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin trans
- 2 Wiktionary, English tregetour
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1819, Walter Scott: “I say the sewer thought I was dressed to…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*terh₂-Wiktionary, Latin trans‘through, throughout, over’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tr̥h₂-n̥tsWiktionary, Latin transreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*trāntsWiktionary, Latin transreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtransWiktionary, English tregetour‘across, beyond’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400tregetorWiktionary, English tregetour
- Englishearliest quotation 1819tregetourWiktionary, English tregetour. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1819, Walter Scott: “I say the sewer thought I was dressed to…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- ‘through, throughout, over’
through, enter, thorough, avatar, tram, tardy, tranquillity, torus, sarai, transom, 15 more
through Proto-Italic *trānts
transparent, transpire, transpiration
through Latin trans ‘across, beyond’
Today it means
noun A magician or juggler; a trickster.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “tregetour”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin trans. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- / tregetour