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Where does “tragēre” come from?

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

Ancestry of “tragēre”, 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
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