Etymology

distract

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Today it means: To divert the attention of. Full definition →

Latin distractus
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromdistractus
  2. English todaydistract

Borrowed from Latin distractus, from distrahō (“to pull apart”), from dis- + trahō (“to pull”).

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