English
retraxit
Retraxit comes from Latin retraxit ‘he has withdrawn’, and goes back to trahō ‘to drag’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrahō‘to drag’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEretraho‘[I] withdraw’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEretraxit‘he has withdrawn’inflection of retraho
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrahō‘to drag’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEretraho‘[I] withdraw’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEretraxit‘he has withdrawn’inflection of retraho
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- ‘to run, to drag, to pull’
draw, train, draft, drag, extraction, contraction, abstraction, draught, subtraction, abstractly, entreat, 48 more
through Latin trahō ‘to drag’
contract, treat, attractive, attraction, abstract, portrait, extract, distraction, traction, tractor, distract, tract, trait, tram, trattoria, 32 more
through Latin retraho ‘[I] withdraw’
Today it means
noun A dismissal with prejudice based on a plaintiff's withdrawal of the suit.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin trahō / retraxit