Trot
Middle English: from Old French trot (noun), troter (verb), from medieval Latin trottare, of Germanic origin.
wiktionary
From Middle English trotten, from Old French trotter, troter(“to go, trot”), from Medieval Latin* trottō, * trotō(“to go”), from Frankish *trottōn(“to go, run”), from Proto-Germanic *trudōną, *trudaną, *tradjaną(“to go, step, tread”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂-(“to run, escape”). Cognate with Old High German trottōn(“to run”), Modern German trotten(“to trot, plod”), Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽( trudan, “to tread”), Old Norse troða(“to walk, tread”), Old English tredan(“to step, tread”). Doublet of tread.
Short for foxtrot, whose rhythms influenced the genre.
trot (plural trots)
etymonline
trot (n.)
"a gait faster than a walk and slower than a run," c. 1300, originally of horses, from Old French trot "a trot, trotting" (12c.), from troter "to trot, to go," from Frankish *trotton, from Proto-Germanic *trott- (source also of Old High German trotton "to tread"), derivative of *tred- (see tread (v.)). The trots "diarrhea" is recorded from 1808 (compare the runs).
trot (v.)
"go at a quick, steady pace," late 14c., from Old French troter "to trot, to go," from Frankish *trotton (see trot (n.)). Italian trottare, Spanish trotar also are borrowed from Germanic. To trot (something) out originally (1838) was in reference to horses; figurative sense of "produce and display for admiration" is slang first recorded 1845. Related: Trotted; trotting.
