Where does “détracter” come from?
détracter (Middle French) comes from Latin detractum, from Latin detraho, from Latin traho, from Proto-Italic traɣō, from Proto-Indo-European tregʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ- — to run.
Ancestry of “détracter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | detractum | nominative neuter singular of dētractus;... |
| 2 | Latin | detraho | I draw, pull, take or drag off, down or away;... |
| 3 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |