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trahere
Latin · ancient
"to pull, to draw"
to pull, to draw, with irregular past participle tractus
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tracier
Old French · medieval
"to follow a path or outline"
carried into French for following a path or outline, from tractus
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trace
English · 1300s
"to follow the course of something, or a faint mark left behind"
settled as the English word for following the course of something, or a faint mark left behind
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