tradition

English

/tɹəˈdɪʃən/

noun
Definitions
  • A part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation, possibly differing in detail from family to family, such as the way to celebrate holidays.
  • A commonly held system.
  • The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English tradicioun borrowed from Old French tradicion (delivery) derived from Latin trāditiō (teaching) root from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (give, spread out, lay out).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*deh₃-

Gloss

give, spread out, lay out

Concept
Semantic Field

Possession

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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