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Tractor

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a powerful motor vehicle used to pull farm equipment or heavy loads
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Stage 1 of 3
trahere
Latin · ancient
"to pull, to draw"
to pull, to draw
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Stage 2 of 3
tractor
Latin · ancient
"a puller, a dragger"
a puller, a dragger, from trahere
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Stage 3 of 3
tractor
English · 1856
"a powerful vehicle used to pull farm equipment"
adopted for a powerful vehicle used to pull farm equipment
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