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Where does “withdrawal” come from?

Withdrawal comes from English withdraw, composed of Old English wiþ- meaning "against" and Proto-Germanic draganą meaning "to draw," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰreǵ-.

withdrawal (English): Receiving from someone's care what one has...

Definitions

  1. Receiving from someone's care what one has...

Ancestry of “withdrawal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-ál—
2EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
3GermanAldehydaldehyde
4Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
5Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
6Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
7Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
8Akkadianguḫlum—

Words derived from “withdrawal”

  • antiwithdrawal
  • withdrawalist
  • withdrawalism
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