trek

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To make a long, slow, or difficult journey, especially on foot.

   They trekked through the mountains for three days.

2. 2
   noun

   A long, slow, or difficult journey, especially on foot.

   We're planning a trek up Kilimanjaro next summer.

From Afrikaans trek, from Dutch trekken, from Middle Dutch trekken (weak verb) and trēken (“to trek, place, bring, move”, strong verb), from Old Dutch *trekkan, *trekan, from Proto-West Germanic *trekan, from Proto-Germanic *trekaną, *trakjaną (“to drag, haul, scrape, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreg- (“to drag, scrape”).

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