Where does “abstrakto” come from?
abstrakto (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto abstrakta, from English abstract, from Middle English abstract, from Latin abstractus, from Latin abstrahere, from Latin trahere, from Latin traho, from Proto-Italic traɣō — to run.
abstrakto (Esperanto): abstraction, something abstract
Definitions
- abstraction, something abstract
Ancestry of “abstrakto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | abstrakta | abstract |
| 2 | English | abstract | An abridgement or summary of a longer... |
| 3 | Middle English | abstract | Drawn away or out of; detached; abstract,... |
| 4 | Latin | abstractus | drawn away from, having been drawn away from;... |
| 5 | Latin | abstrahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |