English
obtrectation
Obtrectation comes from Latin obtrectātiō ‘disparagement’, from tractō ‘to tug, drag or haul’, and ultimately from trahō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrahō‘to drag, pull’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtractō‘to tug, drag or haul’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobtrectō‘to disparage, underrate, decry’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobtrectātiō‘disparagement’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600obtrectacion
- Englishtodayobtrectation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrahō‘to drag, pull’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtractō‘to tug, drag or haul’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobtrectō‘to disparage, underrate, decry’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobtrectātiō‘disparagement’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600obtrectacion
- Englishtodayobtrectation
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- ‘to run, to drag, to pull’
draw, train, draft, drag, retreat, distraction, extraction, draught, contraction, abstraction, subtraction, abstractly, 47 more
through Latin trahō ‘to drag, pull’
contract, treat, portrait, attractive, abstract, extract, trait, tractor, distract, attraction, tram, traction, retract, trattoria, tractable, 31 more
through Latin tractō ‘to tug, drag or haul’
Today it means
noun Disparagement, the belittling of someone or something; slander.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin trahō / obtrectation