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trahere
Latin · ancient
"to pull, to draw"
to pull, to draw, combined with pro- (forth)
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protrahere
Latin · ancient
"to draw forth, to reveal"
to draw forth, to reveal, from pro- and trahere
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portraire
Old French · medieval
"to draw a likeness of someone"
carried into French for drawing a likeness of someone
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portrait
English · 1500s
"a painted or drawn likeness of a person"
settled as the English word for a painted or drawn likeness of a person
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