Etymology

neotraditional

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Today it means: Presenting a new adaptation of something traditional Full definition →

English traditional ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle English tradicioun
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*nu
  2. Proto-Indo-European*néwos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*néwos
  4. Ancient Greekνέος (néos)
  5. Ancient Greekνεο- (neo-)
  6. Englishneo-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
  9. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
  10. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
  11. Proto-Italic*trāns
  12. Latintrāns
  13. Proto-Indo-European*deh₃-redup.
  14. Proto-Indo-European*dédeh₃ti
  15. Proto-Italic*didō
  16. Latindō
  17. Latintrādō
  18. Latintrāditiō
  19. Old Frenchtradicion
  20. Middle Englishtradicioun
  21. Englishtradition
  22. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  24. Englishtraditional
  25. English todayneotraditional

From neo- + traditional.

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