Where does “tractionally” come from?
tractionally (English) comes from English tractional, 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- — to run.
tractionally (English): In a tractional way
Definitions
- In a tractional way
Ancestry of “tractionally”, step by step
tractionally traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tractional
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tractional | Of, pertaining to, or caused by traction |
| 2 | English | traction | The act of pulling something along a surface... |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | tractio | — |
| 4 | Latin | tractus | dragged, having been dragged; trailed, having... |
| 5 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |