tract

tract · noun¹

1. Latin · derived fromtractus“a haul, drawing, a drawing out”
2. Middle English · inherited fromtract
3. Old English · inherited fromtraht
4. Middle English · inherited fromtract
5. English todaytract

From Middle English tract, tracte, traht (“a treatise, exposition, commentary”), from Old English traht, tract (“a treatise, exposition, commentary, text, passage”); and also from Middle English tract, tracte (“an expanse of space or time”); both from Latin tractus (“a haul, drawing, a drawing out”), the perfect passive participle of trahō. Doublet of trait.

tract · verb²

1. Latin · borrowed fromtractus
2. English todaytract

From Latin tractus, the participle stem of trahere (“to pull, drag”).

tract · verb³

1. Latin · borrowed fromtractāre
2. English todaytract

From Latin tractāre, from tractō, from trahō + -tō.

Words from the same roots