English → Latin
“protract” in Latin
trahōto drag, pull; to trail; to extract, withdraw, derive, take awayextrahōto drag, pull or draw forth or out; extract, remove; to extricate, release; draw out, extract, eradicate, rescue; to dradūcōto lead, guide, conduct, lead away; to take; to draw, pullprōdūcōto lead or bring forth, forward or out; to conduct to; bring before, present; to draw or stretch out, lengthen, extendprōtrahōto drag, pull, draw or bring forth or out (to a place); to bring to light, discover, disclose, reveal, expose; to betray
The English word protract itself goes back to Latin prōtrahō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
protract
trahere (general term to allow to last longer than necessary): extrahere (to draw out, to defer): ducere: producere (to put off continually, to prevent the decision of anything): to be protracted, trahi: extrahi: protrahi: duci: produci, until, usque ad (e.g., of war, etc.; Vid: above, the difference between trahere and ducere; Vid: also, the SYN. in To PROLONG, To DEFER): to protect the matter as long as possible, tempus quam longissime ducere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for protract?
- The usual Latin words for “protract” are trahō, extrahō, dūcō; also prōdūcō, prōtrahō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.