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tread

/tˈɹed/TRED
/tˈɹɛd/TRED

Meaningtreading

Common meaning: to step

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√DRA‘run’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 161, p. 735 · scan
  2. Old EnglishtredansourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishtredensource
  4. Englishtread‘to step’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English tredan ‘treading’.

Roots

  • tredan Old English “treading”

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