treason

The story

1. Latin · derived fromtrāditiō“a giving up, handing over, surrender, delivery, tradition”
2. Old French · derived fromtraïson“treason”
3. Anglo-Norman · derived fromtreson
4. Middle English · inherited fromtresoun
5. English todaytreason

From Middle English tresoun, treison, from Anglo-Norman treson, from Old French traïson (“treason”), from trair, or from Latin trāditiō (“a giving up, handing over, surrender, delivery, tradition”), from trādō (“give up, hand over, deliver over, betray”, verb), from trāns- (“over, across”) + dō (“give”). Doublet of tradition and traitor; also related to betray.

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