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Attract

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to draw someone or something toward oneself, by appeal or force
1
Stage 1 of 2
attrahere
Latin · ancient
"to draw toward"
to draw toward, from ad- (toward) and trahere (to draw, to pull)
2
Stage 2 of 2
attract
English · 1400s
"to draw something or someone toward oneself"
settled as the English word for drawing something toward oneself
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