Latin word root · Motion & Action

tract-: dragging, pulling

tract- is a Latin root meaning “dragging, pulling”. Learn its variants and explore 2 connected words.

Meaning and variants

Meaning: dragging, pulling

Root forms: tract-, trah-

Source word: trahō — to drag, pull

Word family and examples

• attract

  to pull toward oneself by an unseen force; to draw interest

• extract

  to remove or take out by effort or force

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