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Attractive comes from Late Latin attractīvus ‘interesting’, from Latin attrahō ‘to attract, draw close’, and ultimately from trahō ‘drag’.

1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrahō¹‘drag’
2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEattrahō²‘to attract’
3. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEattractīvus³‘interesting’
4. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600attractif³
5. Englishearliest quotation 2013attractive³

1. ¹ Wiktionary, Latin attraho
2. ² Wiktionary, Latin attractivus
3. ³ Wiktionary, English attractive
4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2013, Olivia Solomon, Idol Worship and the Life Ruiners of Ecosoc: “[…] or I keysmash my feelings away every time…”.