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TRAFFIC , properly the interchange or passing of goods or merchandise between persons, communities or countries, commerce or trade
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The origin of the word is obscure. It occurs in Fr. trafique, and trafiquer, Ital. traffico, trafficare, Sp. trafago, trafagar. Du Cange ( Gloss
Milan and Venice of 138o, and gives other variants of the word in medieval Latin. There is a medieval Latin word transfegator, an explorer, spy, investigator (see Du Cange, op. cit., s.v.) which occurs as early as 1243, and is stated to be from transfegare, a corruption of transfretare, to cross
Late
change , turn. A suggestion (Athenaeum
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trophy , applied to a silver coin with the figure of victory upon it and termed in Latin vi.ctoriatus.End of Article: TRAFFIC If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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