tractate
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin tractātus, past participle of tractō (“discuss”), the iterative or frequentative of trahō. Doublet of treaty.
Noun
edittractate (plural tractates)
- A treatise.
Related terms
editTranslations
edittreatise
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Latin
editVerb
edittractāte
References
edit- tractate in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)