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Extract

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to remove or take out something, typically with effort or force
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Stage 1 of 2
extrahere
Latin · ancient
"to draw out"
to draw out, from ex- (out) and trahere (to draw)
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Stage 2 of 2
extract
English · 1400s
"to remove or take out something, especially with effort"
settled as the English word for removing something, especially with effort
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