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Where does “tracter” come from?

tracter (French) comes from French tract, from English tract, from Latin tractus, from Latin trahere, from Latin traho, from Proto-Italic traɣō, from Proto-Indo-European tregʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ- — to run.

tracter (French): to pull, to pull behind; to hand out flyers

Definitions

  1. to pull, to pull behind; to hand out flyers

Ancestry of “tracter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtractflyer, circular, pamphlet
2EnglishtractAn area or expanse; A series of connected body...
3Latintractusdragged, having been dragged; trailed, having...
4Latintraheresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5LatintrahoI drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw
6Proto-Italictraɣō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeantregʰ-to drag, pull?; to run, walk
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰregʰ-to run

Words derived from “tracter”

  • tractage
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ- →