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Where does “tractus” come from?

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

tractus (Latin): dragged, having been dragged; trailed, having...

Definitions

  1. dragged, having been dragged; trailed, having...

Ancestry of “tractus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintraheresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
2LatintrahoI drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw
3Proto-Italictraɣō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeantregʰ-to drag, pull?; to run, walk
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰregʰ-to run

Words derived from “tractus”

  • treatment
  • treat
  • trace
  • treaty
  • retreat
  • treating
  • tract
  • traced
  • trait
  • treatise
  • tracing
  • retreating
  • traction
  • tractor
  • entreat
  • intractable
  • traceable
  • tracer
  • retraction
  • maltreatment
  • retract
  • mistreatment
  • pretreatment
  • tractable
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