abstraction
/æbˈstɹækʃən/ab-STRAK-shuhn
/æbˈstɹækʃən/ab-STRAK-shuhn
Meaningthe act of drawing away
Common meaning: an idea apart from real things
Other meanings: absent-mindedness
- absaway, off (form of ab-)
- tractto pull, dragLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1885 · scan
- ionnoun ending: act or result
‘away, off (form of ab-)’ + ‘to pull, drag’ → abstraction
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Formed in English from abstract + -ion.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), ABSTRACT, p.5 · scan
Roots
- trahō, trāxī, tractum Latin “to pull, drag”
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