English
distraite
Distraite comes from Latin distrahō ‘to distract’, and goes back to trahō ‘to drag’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrahō‘to drag’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdistrahō‘to distract’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400destrait
- Frenchc. 1600–presentdistraitas distraite
- Englishearliest quotation 1874distraite
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrahō‘to drag’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdistrahō‘to distract’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400destrait
- Frenchc. 1600–presentdistraitas distraite
- Englishearliest quotation 1874distraite
Earliest quotation: 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life: “I never saw Mrs. Frere to less advantage. Silent,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- ‘to run, to drag, to pull’
draw, draft, train, drag, retreat, extraction, contraction, draught, abstraction, retract, subtraction, entreat, abstractly, 48 more
through Latin trahō ‘to drag’
contract, treat, attractive, attraction, extract, abstract, portrait, traction, tractor, tract, tram, trait, trattoria, 35 more
Today it means
adj —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin trahō / distraite