Where does “abstractly” come from?
Abstractly derives from Middle English -ly, an adverbial suffix from Latin abstractus, past participle of abstrahere meaning "to draw away," from ab- and the root dʰregʰ- in Proto-Indo-European.
abstractly (English): In an abstract way or manner; separately;...
Definitions
- In an abstract way or manner; separately;...
Ancestry of “abstractly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | abstractly | reclusively; while practising a monastic... |
| 2 | Middle English | abstract | Drawn away or out of; detached; abstract,... |
| 3 | Latin | abstractus | drawn away from, having been drawn away from;... |
| 4 | Latin | abstrahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |