Etymology

tractory

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Today it means: A tractrix. Full definition →

Latin tractorius
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  1. Latin · derived fromtractorius“of drawing”
  2. English todaytractory

Latin tractorius (“of drawing”), from trahere, tractum (“to draw”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.