Where does “soustraire” come from?
soustraire (French) comes from Old French sustraire, from Latin subtrahere, from Latin subtraho, from Latin traho, from Proto-Italic traɣō, from Proto-Indo-European tregʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ- — to run.
soustraire (French): to subtract; to avoid, to escape
Definitions
- to subtract; to avoid, to escape
Ancestry of “soustraire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | sustraire | — |
| 2 | Latin | subtrahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | subtraho | I pull out from under; I remove, withdraw,... |
| 4 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |
Words derived from “soustraire”