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Where does “nonabstractive” come from?

nonabstractive (English) comes from English abstractive, from Middle English abstractif, from Latin abstractivus, from Latin abstractus, from Latin abstrahere, from Latin trahere, from Latin traho, from Proto-Italic traɣō — to run.

nonabstractive (English): Not abstractive

Definitions

  1. Not abstractive

Ancestry of “nonabstractive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishabstractiveHaving an abstracting nature or tendency; tending...
2Middle EnglishabstractifDenoting a quality or state that is not concrete;...
3Latinabstractivus—
4Latinabstractusdrawn away from, having been drawn away from;...
5Latinabstraheresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6Latintraheresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7LatintrahoI drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw
8Proto-Italictraɣō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeantregʰ-to drag, pull?; to run, walk
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰregʰ-to run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ- →