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tractare
Latin · ancient
"to handle, to negotiate"
to handle, to manage, to negotiate
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Stage 2 of 3
traite
Old French · medieval
"a formal negotiated agreement"
carried into French for a formal negotiated agreement
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treaty
English · 1300s
"a formal agreement between two or more nations"
settled as the English word for a formal agreement between nations
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