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Where does “atrage” come from?

atrage (Romanian) comes from Romanian trage, from Vulgar Latin tragere, from Latin trahere, from Latin traho, from Proto-Italic traɣō, from Proto-Indo-European tregʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ- — to run.

atrage (Romanian): to attract, draw, lure, entice

Definitions

  1. to attract, draw, lure, entice

Ancestry of “atrage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniantrageto pull, draw, drag
2Vulgar Latintragere—
3Latintraheresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4LatintrahoI drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw
5Proto-Italictraɣō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeantregʰ-to drag, pull?; to run, walk
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰregʰ-to run
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