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Where does “extrication” come from?

Extrication comes from Latin extrication (noun form of extricāre), formed from Latin ex- (out) and extricāre (to disentangle), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European eǵ- (to go out).

extrication (English): The act or process of extricating or...

Definitions

  1. The act or process of extricating or...

Ancestry of “extrication”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-ionan action or process, or the result of an action...
2Ancient Greekἀπόγειονapogee, greatest distance from the Earth
3Ancient Greekἀπόfrom, away from; because of, as a result of
4Ancient GreekἭλιοςsun
5Ancient GreekτύποςA blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,...
6Ancient Greekτύπτωto beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself
7Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
8Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit
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