• Original language: French
  • Original form and meaning: trace 'tincture, spoor, track, hint'


(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


Language Form Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) Current Meaning and Status Earlier Meanings and Statusses Source
Catalan ... ... '...' '...' ...
Croatian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Dutch ... ... '...' '...' ...
English trace 14th c. 1. 'the track made by the passage of any person or thing, whether beaten by feet or indicated in any other way', 2. 'a beaten path through a wild an unenclosed region, made by the passage of men or beasts, a track, a trail' (U.S.), 3. 'vestiges of marks remaining and indicating the former presence, existence or action of something, an indication', 4. 'a mark or impression left on the face, the mind etc.', 5. 'a non-material indication or evidence of the presence or existance of something or of a former event or conditionl, a sign, mark', 6. 'a line or figure drawn, a tracing, drawing, or sketch of an object or of a piece of work, the traced record of a self-recording instrument' '...' OED
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish ... ... '...' '...' ...
French ... ... '...' '...' ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German Trasse 19th c. 1. 'planned route, railway construction', 2. 'hard soil, solid ground' (dial.), 3. 'track, scent, distance when building roads' (dial.), 4. 'asphaltic or cemented ground' (dial.) '...' Birken-Silvermann 2003: 142
Hungarian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Polish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Portuguese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Swedish ... ... '...' '...' ...

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