Where does “abstract” come from?
abstract (Dutch) comes from Middle French abstract, from Latin abstractus, from Latin abstrahere, from Latin trahere, from Latin traho, from Proto-Italic traɣō, from Proto-Indo-European tregʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ- — to run.
abstract (Dutch): abstract
Ancestry of “abstract”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | abstract | — |
| 2 | Latin | abstractus | drawn away from, having been drawn away from;... |
| 3 | Latin | abstrahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |
Words derived from “abstract”