treason
English
/ˈtɹiː.zən/
noun
Definitions
- The crime of betraying one’s own country.
- An act of treachery, betrayal of trust or confidence.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English tresoun derived from treson derived from Old French traison, traïson (treason) derived from Latin trāditiōnem, dō (give, I give, I offer render, 1st person singular of dare) root from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (give, spread out, lay out).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*deh₃-
Gloss
give, spread out, lay out
Concept
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Possession
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Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- addendum English
- condone English
- donate English
- edit English
- nontreasonous English
- surrendre English
- treasonable English
- treasonableness English
- treasonably English
- treasonist English
- treasonous English
- treasonously English
- untreasonous English
- absconsus Latin
- addere Latin
- additio Latin
- additiōnem Latin
- addō Latin
- circumdo Latin
- commendare Latin
- commendo Latin
- commendō Latin
- dare Latin
- data Latin
- dativus Latin
- datum Latin
- datīvus Latin
- dedo Latin
- demando Latin
- donatio Latin
- dosis Latin
- dēmandō Latin
- dēmandō, dēmandāre, demando Latin
- dō Latin
- dōnātiō Latin
- dōtāre Latin
- editio Latin
- mandatorius Latin
- mando Latin
- mandātum Latin
- perditio Latin
- perdo Latin
- praeditus Latin
- reddo Latin
- reddō Latin
- redono Latin
- subdo Latin
- traditionem, traditio Latin
- trāditiō Latin
- trāditiōnem Latin
- vendere, vendo Latin
- venditor Latin
- vendo Latin
- ēditiō Latin
- ēditus Latin
- tradizione Italian
- datief Dutch, Flemish
- donatie Dutch, Flemish
- rendition French
- trahison French
- dar Spanish, Castilian
- traicionar Spanish, Castilian
- traicionero Spanish, Castilian
- traición Spanish, Castilian
- δαίμων Ancient Greek
- δόσις Ancient Greek
- παράδοσις Ancient Greek
- ἀντίδοτον Ancient Greek
- ἀπόδοσις Ancient Greek
- *de-dh₃-tó-s Proto-Indo-European
- *deh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *deh₃-, *de-dóh₃-e Proto-Indo-European
- *deh₃-, *dé-deh₃-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *dédeh₃ti Proto-Indo-European
- *déh₃nom Proto-Indo-European
- *déh₃rom Proto-Indo-European
- *déh₃tis Proto-Indo-European
- *déh₃tōr Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁op-eio/e- Proto-Indo-European
- traição Portuguese
- दामन् Sanskrit
- dowarye Middle English
- dower Middle English
- tresoun Middle English
- tresounen Middle English
- ardtréas Irish
- tréas Irish
- *da Proto-Slavic
- *danь Proto-Slavic
- doneur Old French
- surrendre Old French
- traison Old French
- traison, traïson Old French
- tradició Catalan, Valencian
- додан Persian
- دادن Persian
- տամ Old Armenian
- donner Middle French
- trahison Middle French
- traiçon Old Portuguese
- *ɸrodāti, *ɸro-dāti Proto-Celtic
- dau Aromanian
- *didō Proto-Italic
- *dōnāō Proto-Italic
- dar Venetian
- treson xno
- *toxe- Proto-Uralic
- *(e)δaś- Proto-Albanian
- *dhu̯onti Proto-Albanian
- dar Ladino
- *dāta- Proto-Iranian
- 𐎭𐎠𐎫 Old Persian
- 𐎭𐎭𐎠𐎬𐎢𐎺 Old Persian
- rodif Middle Welsh
- دان Central Kurdish
- ēditor LL