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Where does “extrait” come from?

extrait (French) comes from Latin extractum, from Latin extractus, from Latin extrāhō, from Latin trahō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰreǵʰ- — to drag, draw, pull; to draw, drag.

extrait (French): an extract; a clip; an excerpt

Definitions

  1. an extract; a clip; an excerpt

Ancestry of “extrait”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinextractumextract
2Latinextractusextracted, removed, eradicated, prolonged
3Latinextrāhō—
4Latintrahō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰreǵʰ-to drag, draw, pull; to draw, drag
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