The story
- Middle English · inherited fromtodrawen“to draw toward, allure”
- English todayto-draw
Partly from Middle English todrawen (“to draw toward, allure”), equivalent to to + draw, and partly from Middle English todrawen (“to draw away, distract, tear apart”), equivalent to to- + draw. More at todraw.
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishtodrawen all →
todraw
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.