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Where does “tractor” come from?

tractor (Latin) comes from Latin tracto, 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.

tractor (Latin): first-person singular present passive indicative...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative...

Ancestry of “tractor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatintractoI tug, drag or haul; I handle or manage; I...
2Latintractusdragged, having been dragged; trailed, having...
3Latintraheresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4LatintrahoI drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw
5Proto-Italictraɣō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeantregʰ-to drag, pull?; to run, walk
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰregʰ-to run
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