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Where does “extraire” come from?

extraire (French) comes from Old French estraire, from Vulgar Latin extragere, from Latin extrāhō, from Latin trahō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰreǵʰ- — to drag, draw, pull; to draw, drag.

extraire (French): extract

Definitions

  1. extract

Ancestry of “extraire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchestraireto extract; to translate
2Vulgar Latinextragere—
3Latinextrāhō—
4Latintrahō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰreǵʰ-to drag, draw, pull; to draw, drag

Words derived from “extraire”

  • extrait
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰreǵʰ- →