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1. Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
2. Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
3. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
4. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
5. Proto-Italic*trāns
6. Latintrāns
7. Proto-Indo-European*deh₃-redup.
8. Proto-Indo-European*dédeh₃ti
9. Proto-Italic*didō
10. Latindō
11. Latintrādō
12. Latintrāditiō
13. Old Frenchtradicion
14. Middle Englishtradicioun
15. Englishtradition
16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
18. English todaytraditional

From tradition + -al. First attested in 1545.

First known use, by meaning

• from 16th c. Of, relating to, or derived from tradition.
• from 16th c. Communicated from ancestors to descendants orally.
• from 16th c. In lieu of the name of the composer of a piece of music, whose real name is lost in the mists of time.
• from 16th c. Observant of tradition; old-fashioned.
• from 16th c. Produced with physical media, as opposed to digital art.
• from 16th c. Relating to traditional Chinese.