Where does “abstractedly” come from?
Abstractedly comes from English abstract, derived from Latin abstractum, the past participle of abstrahere, meaning to draw away, from ab- (away) and trahere (to draw).
abstractedly (English): In an abstracted manner; separately; in the...
Definitions
- In an abstracted manner; separately; in the...
Ancestry of “abstractedly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | abstracted | Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed;... |
| 2 | English | abstract | An abridgement or summary of a longer... |
| 3 | Middle English | abstract | Drawn away or out of; detached; abstract,... |
| 4 | Latin | abstractus | drawn away from, having been drawn away from;... |
| 5 | Latin | abstrahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |