Etymology

trottoir

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Today it means: A paved path, for the use of pedestrians, located at the side of a road. Full definition →

French trottoir ← Middle French trotter
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The story

  1. Middle Frenchtrotter
  2. Frenchtrotter
  3. Frenchtrottoir
  4. English todaytrottoir

Borrowed from French trottoir.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.