Where does “extractive” come from?

Extractive comes from Latin extractum, the past participle of extrahere meaning "to draw out," derived from the prefix ex- "out" and trahere "to draw," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.

extractive (English): That serves to extract something; That withdraws...

Definitions

  1. That serves to extract something; That withdraws...

Ancestry of “extractive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-iveAn adjective suffix signifying relating or...
2Middle English-yfA suffix designating adjectives, adverbs and...
3Old French-if-ive
4Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
5Proto-Indo-European-iHwós
6Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “extractive

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós
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