Where does “nontraction” come from?
nontraction (English) comes from English traction, from Medieval Latin tractio, from Latin tractus, from Latin trahere, from Latin traho, from Proto-Italic traɣō, from Proto-Indo-European tregʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ- — to run.
nontraction (English): Not involving or not relating to traction
Definitions
- Not involving or not relating to traction
Ancestry of “nontraction”, step by step
nontraction traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English traction
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | traction | The act of pulling something along a surface... |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | tractio | — |
| 3 | Latin | tractus | dragged, having been dragged; trailed, having... |
| 4 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |