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Where does “traire” come from?

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

traire (Old French): to pull; to draw; to unsheathe; to pull out ; to...

Definitions

  1. to pull; to draw; to unsheathe; to pull out ; to...

Ancestry of “traire”, 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 “traire”

  • tret
  • traire
  • trayeuse
  • portraire
  • traithie
  • traithe
  • traire
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