Etymograph

English

estreat

Estreat comes from Old French estrete ‘an extract’, from Latin extrahō ‘to drag, pull or draw forth or out’, and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰregʰ-1‘to run, to drag, to pull’uncertain
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrahō1‘to drag’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEextrahō2as extrahere‘to drag, pull or draw forth or out’
  4. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*extragere2reconstructed
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400estraire3‘to extract’
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400estrete4‘an extract’estrait past participle of estraire
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1647estreat4

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin extraho
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Old French estraire
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Old French estrete
  4. 4 Wiktionary, English estreat
  5. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1647, Nathaniel Bacon, Of Passing of Judgement and Execution: “If the crime reached onely to ſhamefull penance, […]…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰregʰ-Wiktionary, Latin extraho‘to run, to drag, to pull’uncertain
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrahōWiktionary, Latin extraho‘to drag’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEextrahōWiktionary, Old French estraireas extrahere‘to drag, pull or draw forth or out’
  4. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*extragereWiktionary, Old French estrairereconstructed
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400estraireWiktionary, Old French estrete‘to extract’
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400estreteWiktionary, English estreat‘an extract’estrait past participle of estraire
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1647estreatWiktionary, English estreat. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1647, Nathaniel Bacon, Of Passing of Judgement and Execution: “If the crime reached onely to ſhamefull penance, […]…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- ‘to run, to drag, to pull’

draw, train, draft, drag, distraction, contraction, draught, abstraction, subtraction, retract, abstractly, 47 more

through Latin trahō ‘to drag’

contract, attractive, portrait, extract, attraction, abstract, traction, tractor, tract, trait, retreat, tram, trattoria, entreat, 33 more

through Latin extrahō ‘to drag, pull or draw forth or out’

extraction, 1 more

Today it means

noun A true copy, duplicate, or extract of an original writing or record, especially of amercements or penalties set down in the rolls of court to be levied by the bailiff, or other officer.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “estreat”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin extraho, Old French estraire, Old French estrete. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- / estreat

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