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Where does “tracere” come from?

tracere (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin trahō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰreǵʰ- — to drag, draw, pull; to draw, drag.

Ancestry of “tracere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintrahō—
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰreǵʰ-to drag, draw, pull; to draw, drag

Words derived from “tracere”

  • extreure
  • retreure
  • treure
  • retret
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰreǵʰ- →