Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗An area or expanse. · A series of connected body organs, such as the digestive tract. · A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses. · A brief treatise or discourse on a subject.
From Middle English tract, tracte, traht (“a treatise, exposition, commentary”), from Old English traht, tract (“a treatise, exposition, commentary, text, passage”); and also from Middle English tract, tracte (“an expanse of space or time”); both from Latin tractus (“a haul, drawing, a drawing out”), the perfect passive participle of trahō. Doublet of trait.
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