Etymograph

English

retraxit

Retraxit comes from Latin retraxit ‘􂀿he􂁀 has withdrawn’, from trahō ‘to drag’, and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-.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 CEretraho2‘[I] withdraw’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEretraxit2‘􂀿he􂁀 has withdrawn’inflection of retraho
  5. Englishtodayretraxit2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin retraho
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English retraxit

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰregʰ-Wiktionary, Latin retraho‘to run, to drag, to pull’uncertain
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrahōWiktionary, Latin retraho‘to drag’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEretrahoWiktionary, English retraxit‘[I] withdraw’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEretraxitWiktionary, English retraxit‘􂀿he􂁀 has withdrawn’inflection of retraho
  5. EnglishtodayretraxitWiktionary, English retraxit

Linked words

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

draw, train, draft, drag, extraction, contraction, abstraction, draught, subtraction, abstractly, entreat, 48 more

through Latin trahō ‘to drag’

contract, treat, attractive, attraction, abstract, portrait, extract, distraction, traction, tractor, distract, tract, trait, tram, trattoria, 32 more

through Latin retraho ‘[I] withdraw’

retreat, 1 more

Today it means

noun A dismissal with prejudice based on a plaintiff's withdrawal of the suit.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “retraxit”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin retraho. 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- / retraxit

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