Where does “detractiveness” come from?
detractiveness (English) comes from English detractive, from English detract, from Middle French détracter, from Latin detractum, from Latin detraho, from Latin traho, from Proto-Italic traɣō, from Proto-Indo-European tregʰ- — to run.
detractiveness (English): The quality of being detractive
Definitions
- The quality of being detractive
Ancestry of “detractiveness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | detractive | Tending to detract or draw; Tending to lower in... |
| 2 | English | detract | To take away; to withdraw or remove; To take... |
| 3 | Middle French | détracter | — |
| 4 | Latin | detractum | nominative neuter singular of dētractus;... |
| 5 | Latin | detraho | I draw, pull, take or drag off, down or away;... |
| 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 |