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Distract

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to divert someone's attention away from what they are focused on
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Stage 1 of 2
distrahere
Latin · ancient
"to draw apart"
to draw apart, from dis- (apart) and trahere (to draw)
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Stage 2 of 2
distract
English · 1400s
"to divert someone's attention"
settled as the English word for diverting someone's attention
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