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Where does “abstractedness” come from?

abstractedness (English) comes from English abstracted, from English abstract, from Middle English abstract, from Latin abstractus, from Latin abstrahere, from Latin trahere, from Latin traho, from Proto-Italic traɣō — to run.

abstractedness (English): The state of being abstracted; abstract character

Definitions

  1. The state of being abstracted; abstract character

Ancestry of “abstractedness”, 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1EnglishabstractedSeparated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed;...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- →