Translation
trace, track
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Word origin
From German Spur, a track or trail. English borrowed the same Germanic word later and by another route as spoor, the hunting term for an animal's trail.
- Origin
- German
- Root
- Spur
- English cognates
- spoor
Examples
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We followed the tracks in the snow.
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No trace was left on the road.
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The years left their traces on his face.
is the mark left behind, and is to follow it. The word stretches from the literal footprint to the faintest amount of something: is a trace of salt. For the railway line English also calls a track, Esperanto says relvojo, so the two senses never collide the way they do in English.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 17, lesson 10: spuro, aparato, nesto and 7 more words.