Latin

trahō

‘drag, haul’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin trahō.

49 English words in this record descend from Latin trahō, most familiar first.

• contract ← contractus ← contrahere
• treat ← treten ← treter ← tractāre
• attractive ← attractif ← attractīvus ← attrahō
• portrait ← portraict ← portraire ← prōtrahō
• abstract ← abstractus ← abstrahō
• retreat ← retret ← retrait ← retractus ← retraho
• attraction ← attraccioun ← attractiō ← attrahō
• extract ← extractum
• extraction ← estraction ← extractio ← extrahō
• distraction ← distractio ← distrahō
• tractor ← tractus
• traction ← tractio ← tractus

More words from trahō

• distract
• tract
• trait
• contraction
• tram
• abstraction
• retract
• subtraction
• entreat
• abstractly
• tractable
• trattoria
• trama
• tret
• detraction
• protract
• tractability
• stracciatella
• traceur
• distrait
• abstractive
• abstractum
• attrectation
• contrectation
• detrectation
• distraite
• estreat
• obtrectation
• retraxit
• retractation
• subtrahend
• traiteur
• tractation
• tractator
• tractatrix
• tractory
• trajinera
• train

Etymograph / Latin trahō