Traction
I was enjoying a nice bit of reflexology yesterday, and it occurred to me that "tract" is really very versatile as a root word. You can stick all kinds of prefixes and suffixes on it, and the meanings go all over the place. Consider:
tract-or, -ion
con-tract-or, -ion
pro-tract-or, -ion
ex-tract-or, -ion
de-tract-or, -ion
sub-tract-or, -ion
re-tract-ion
Also, technically, shouldn't addition be called supertraction?
tract-or, -ion
con-tract-or, -ion
pro-tract-or, -ion
ex-tract-or, -ion
de-tract-or, -ion
sub-tract-or, -ion
re-tract-ion
Also, technically, shouldn't addition be called supertraction?
posted by Tabula Rasa | 12/07/2011 04:17:00 PM
1 Comments:
There is also at-tract-or,-ion.
(Merriam Webster assures me that "attractor" is a word. I had my doubts. )
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