Where does “traction” come from?
Traction comes from Medieval Latin tractio, derived from Latin tractus, the past participle of trahere and traho meaning to draw or pull, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European tragʰ- and dʰregʰ-.
traction (English): The act of pulling something along a surface...
Definitions
- The act of pulling something along a surface...
Ancestry of “traction”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | tractio | — |
| 2 | Latin | tractus | dragged, having been dragged; trailed, having... |
| 3 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |