Dictionary verb bei verb *der- treten beitreten

beitreten

(bei verb)

Meanings

1.
to join
(An organization or club. Sounds a bit official.)
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Word Family

Root: *der-

This root is not 100% certain (in a a sense that etymologists feel like they don’t have enough evidence to call it a a certain “thing”), but the core idea of it would be:

walking, making steps

And it’s the origin of English to tread, trap and trip.

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