TRACT: the Latin root meaning “draw, pull”

TRACT comes from Latin and means “draw, pull”. You can see it in abstraction, attract and attraction. WordPith uses it in 9 words.

Meaning: draw, pull
Origin: Latin
Type: Root
Also spelled: STRACT
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Words built from TRACT

ABSTRACTION

An idea drawn away from any particular case

Latin abstrahere, to draw away.

ATTRACT

To draw toward

Latin attrahere, to draw to.

ATTRACTION

A pull toward something

Latin attrahere, to draw toward.

CONTRACTION

A shrinking, or a shortened form

Latin contrahere, to draw together.

DETRACT

To take something away from the whole

Latin detrahere, to draw down.

INTRACTABLE

Not able to be managed or solved

Latin intractabilis, not to be handled. Tractable pulls the other way.

PROTRACTED

Drawn out far longer than it needed to be

Latin protrahere, to draw forward.

TRACTABLE

Easily managed

Latin tractare, to handle. Tractor and contract pull by the same root.

CONTRACTILITY

The ability of muscle to shorten and generate force

Latin contrahere, to draw together.

1. Which word means: To draw toward?

2. Which word means: A shrinking, or a shortened form?

3. Which word means: An idea drawn away from any particular case?

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