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

Definitions

  1. to pull

Ancestry of “traire”, step by step

traire traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin trahere

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

via Latin tragō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintragōto drag, pull
2Latintrahōto drag, pull
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰreǵʰ-to drag, draw, pull; to draw, drag

Words derived from “traire”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tregʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic traɣō →