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Where does “minitractor” come from?

minitractor (English) comes from English tractor, from Latin trahere, from Latin traho, from Proto-Italic traɣō, from Proto-Indo-European tregʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ- — to run.

minitractor (English): A small, compact tractor

Definitions

  1. A small, compact tractor

Ancestry of “minitractor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtractorA vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm...
2Latintraheresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3LatintrahoI drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw
4Proto-Italictraɣō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeantregʰ-to drag, pull?; to run, walk
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰregʰ-to run
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