Where does “tractorless” come from?
tractorless (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.
tractorless (English): Without a tractor
Definitions
- Without a tractor
Ancestry of “tractorless”, step by step
tractorless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tractor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tractor | A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm... |
| 2 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |