treader

Signification (Anglais)

1. One who treads.
2. (slang) A bicycle.

Synonymes

stepper

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: tredere

Appartenant à moyen néerlandais: treder

Appartenant à Middle Low German: trēdære

Appartenant à moyen haut-allemand: tretære

Appartenant à allemand: Treter

In summary

From Middle English tredere, equivalent to tread + -er. Cognate with Middle Dutch treder (“treader”), Middle Low German trēdære, trēder (“treader, bellows kicker”), Middle High German tretære, treter (“treader”) (whence German Treter (“old shoe, footballer”)).