Where does “detraction” come from?
Detraction comes from Old French detraccion, from Latin detractio (the act of pulling away), derived from Latin detraho (to draw away), which combines Latin traho (to draw) with Latin de (away), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European de and Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ- (to draw).
detraction (English): The act of detracting something, or something...
Definitions
- The act of detracting something, or something...
Ancestry of “detraction”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | detraccion | — |
| 2 | Latin | detractio | withdrawal; purging; detraction, slander |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |