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Where does “sustraire” come from?

sustraire (Old French) comes from Latin subtrahere, from Latin subtraho, from Latin traho, from Proto-Italic traɣō, from Proto-Indo-European tregʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ- — to run.

Ancestry of “sustraire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsubtraheresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
2LatinsubtrahoI pull out from under; I remove, withdraw,...
3LatintrahoI drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw
4Proto-Italictraɣō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeantregʰ-to drag, pull?; to run, walk
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰregʰ-to run

Words derived from “sustraire”

  • soustraire
  • sustrage
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