Treason

Morpheme

Treason

Type

free base

Denotation

betrayal, disloyalty, treachery

Etymology

Middle English tresoun, treison; Anglo-Norman treson; Old French traison; Latin trāditiōnem, from trāditiō, from trādere +‎ -tiō, from trāns + dare

Evidence

treason, treasonable, treasonableness, treasonably, treasonous, treasonously
treasonist

Notes

treason and tradition are doublets

See Also

tra(n)(s)- [trans-, tran-, tra-], D, -ion