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Traction

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means the grip of a surface allowing motion without slipping, or growing momentum
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Stage 1 of 2
trahere
Latin · ancient
"to draw, to pull"
to draw, to pull
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Stage 2 of 2
traction
English · 1610s
"the grip or pulling force between two surfaces"
settled as the English word for the grip or pulling force between surfaces
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