extract
/ɪkˈstrækt/·익스트랙트·verb, noun
to pull out; an excerpt
LatinCEFR B2
Root
ex- (out) + Latin 'trahere' (to pull)
Latin extractus (drawn out) → Late Latin extractare → English extract
In a word
ex- (out) + tract (pull) = 'pull out'. Oil from olives, a line from a book, a tooth from a jaw — targets differ, act is one. The root makes the chemist's extract and the dentist's extraction kin.
Examples
They extract oil from olives.
She read an extract from his book.
The dentist had to extract two teeth.
Related
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