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Where does “abstractification” come from?

abstractification (English) comes from English abstract, from Middle English abstract, from Latin abstractus, from Latin abstrahere, from Latin trahere, from Latin traho, from Proto-Italic traɣō, from Proto-Indo-European tregʰ- — to run.

abstractification (English): The process of abstractifying or achieving...

Definitions

  1. The process of abstractifying or achieving...

Ancestry of “abstractification”, step by step

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