Where does “tracta” come from?
tracta (Romanian) comes from French tracter, from French tract, from English tract, from Latin tractus, from Latin trahere, from Latin traho, from Proto-Italic traɣō, from Proto-Indo-European tregʰ- — to run.
tracta (Romanian): to pull
Definitions
- to pull
Ancestry of “tracta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | tracter | to pull, to pull behind; to hand out flyers |
| 2 | French | tract | flyer, circular, pamphlet |
| 3 | English | tract | An area or expanse; A series of connected body... |
| 4 | Latin | tractus | dragged, having been dragged; trailed, having... |
| 5 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |