Where does “estreat” come from?

estreat (English) comes from Old French estrete, from Old French estrait, from Latin extractus, from Latin extrāhō, from Latin trahō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰreǵʰ- — to drag, draw, pull; to draw, drag.

estreat (English): A true copy, duplicate, or extract of an original...

Definitions

  1. A true copy, duplicate, or extract of an original...

Ancestry of “estreat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchestreteextract; estreat; fine
2Old Frenchestrait—
3Latinextractusextracted, removed, eradicated, prolonged
4Latinextrāhōto drag, pull or draw forth or out; extract, remove
5Latintrahōto drag, pull
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰreǵʰ-to drag, draw, pull; to draw, drag

Words derived from “estreat”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰreǵʰ- →Every word from Latin trahō →Every word from Latin extrāhō →