Where does “tractory” come from?

tractory (English) comes from Latin tractorius, from Latin trahere, from Latin traho, from Proto-Italic traɣō, from Proto-Indo-European tregʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ- — to run.

tractory (English): A tractrix

Definitions

  1. A tractrix

Ancestry of “tractory”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintractoriusof or for drawing or hoisting
2Latintraheresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3LatintrahoI drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw
4Proto-Italictraɣō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeantregʰ-to drag, pull?; to run, walk
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰregʰ-to run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tregʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic traɣō →