Where does “trator” come from?
trator (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese tractor, from English tractor, from Latin trahere, from Latin traho, from Proto-Italic traɣō, from Proto-Indo-European tregʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ- — to run.
trator (Portuguese): tractor
Definitions
- tractor
Ancestry of “trator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | tractor | Obsolete spelling of trator |
| 2 | English | tractor | A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm... |
| 3 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |