Etymology

traction

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Today it means: The act of pulling something along a surface using motive power. Full definition →

Medieval Latin tractio ← Latin tractus
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  1. Latin · derived fromtractus
  2. Medieval Latin · derived fromtractio
  3. English todaytraction

From Medieval Latin tractio, from Latin tractus, perfect passive participle of verb trahere (“pull”), + noun of action suffix -io (genitive -ionis).

Words from the same roots

Latintractus all →

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