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English word traffic comes from Middle French (ca. 1400-1600) trafique

trafique (Middle French)

traffic (English)

(intransitive) To pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods. (intransitive) To trade meanly or mercenarily; to bargain.. (transitive) To exchange in traffic; to effect by a bargain or for a consideration. Commercial transportation or exchange of goods, or the movement of passengers or people.. Commodities of the market.. [...]

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