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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

  1. In an abstracted manner; separately; in the...

Ancestry of “abstractedly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishabstractedSeparated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed;...
2EnglishabstractAn abridgement or summary of a longer...
3Middle EnglishabstractDrawn away or out of; detached; abstract,...
4Latinabstractusdrawn away from, having been drawn away from;...
5Latinabstraheresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6Latintraheresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7LatintrahoI drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw
8Proto-Italictraɣō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeantregʰ-to drag, pull?; to run, walk
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰregʰ-to run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ- →