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Questions about etymology, i.e. the origin and history of a word. Use this tag for questions regarding the origin of single words. If your question is about the origin and history of a phrase, an idiom or a proverb, please use the tag "phrase-origin".
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How did the Latin 'tractare' evolve to mean the Italian 'trattare'?
A related word, closer to the latin origin, is 'trarre', which can evoke 'moving something continuously in space', (see 'trattore', tractor).
From there comes a nuance of 'managing', from which the me …
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