traitor

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Frequenz

B2
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈtɹeɪtə(ɹ)/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle English traitor, traitour, traytour, from Old French traïtor (French traître), from Latin trāditor. Displaced native Middle English swike from Old English swica (“traitor”), and Middle English proditour and traditour borrowed directly from Latin. The general Old English word denoting "traitor" was lǣwa or lǣwend. Doublet of traditor.

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