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Where does “substraer” come from?

substraer (Spanish) comes from Spanish sustraer, from Latin subtrahere, from Latin subtraho, from Latin traho, from Proto-Italic traɣō, from Proto-Indo-European tregʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ- — to run.

substraer (Spanish): Alternative form of sustraer

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of sustraer

Ancestry of “substraer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsustraerto subtract; to take away, put aside; to steal,...
2Latinsubtraheresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3LatinsubtrahoI pull out from under; I remove, withdraw,...
4LatintrahoI drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw
5Proto-Italictraɣō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeantregʰ-to drag, pull?; to run, walk
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰregʰ-to run

Words derived from “substraer”

  • sustraer
  • substraer
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