English

intractile

From in- + tractile.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- ‘to run, to drag, to pull’

Late Latin tractilis ‘that can be dragged or pulled’

Today it means

adj Not tractile; incapable of being drawn out or extended.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / intractile