trek

Meanings

Noun

• A journey by ox wagon.
• The Boer migration of 1835-1837.
• A slow or difficult journey.
• A long walk.

Verb

• To make a slow or arduous journey.
• To journey on foot, especially to hike through mountainous areas.
• To travel by ox wagon.

Origin

• From Afrikaans trek, from Dutch trekken, from Middle Dutch trekken and treken, from Old Dutch *trekkan, *trekan, from Proto-West Germanic *trekan, from Proto-Germanic *trekaną, *trakjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dreg-.