trace

To find the origin or development of something by following clues; to copy an image by drawing over it; to track something or someone.

• traceable/ˈtreɪsəbəl/(adj)可追溯的；可追踪的
• tracing/ˈtreɪsɪŋ/(n)描摹；追踪

• trace the origins
• trace back to
• trace a pattern
• trace someone's movements
• trace the history
• be traced to

1. 1.Historians have traced the origins of the legal concept back to Roman civil law of the second century.
2. 2.Investigators were able to trace the source of the data breach to a third-party vendor's outdated system.

• track/træk/— follow the course of
• identify/aɪˈdentɪfaɪ/— find and name
• pinpoint/ˈpɪnpɔɪnt/— locate exactly

from Old French "tracier," from Latin "tractus" (drawing, dragging)