betread

The story

1. Old English · inherited frombetredan
2. Middle English · inherited frombitreden
3. English todaybetread

From Middle English bitreden, from Old English betredan, equivalent to be- + tread. Cognate with German betreten, Middle Low German betreden, Dutch betreden, Swedish beträda, Norwegian Bokmål betrede, betre and Danish betræde.