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Old 09-17-14, 03:21 PM
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OED: Etymology: < Old French trac (1440 in Hatzfeld and Darmesteter), traq, French trac: ulterior derivation uncertain, but generally thought to be from Germanic. Diez and Scheler would connect it with Middle Low German and Dutch treck , trek draught, drawing, pull, line drawn, etc., < trecken , trekken to draw, pull, tug, drag, haul (in Middle Dutch rarely tracken ): see track v.2
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