attirer
French
verb
Definitions
- to attract
- to lure, to entice
Etymology
Inherited from Old French atirer derived from Gothic *𐍄𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (remove, tear away) derived from Proto-Germanic *teraną (tear, tear apart, tear away, tug, rip snatch off, pull violently, rip, pull off) derived from Proto-Indo-European *derə- (tear apart, tear) prefix from French tirer (pull, draw, shoot).
Origin
French
tirer
Gloss
pull, draw, shoot
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *martyrāre Latin
- *tīrō Latin
- tirāre, *tirō, *tiro Latin
- tīrāre, *tīrō, *tiro Latin
- tirare Italian
- attirable French
- attirail French
- attirance French
- détirer French
- retirer French
- soutirer French
- tirage French
- tirailler French
- tire-bouchon French
- tire-fesse French
- tirer French
- tirette French
- tireur French
- tireuse French
- tiroir French
- tirar Spanish, Castilian
- tiro Spanish, Castilian
- *der- Proto-Indo-European
- *derə- Proto-Indo-European
- *tartaz Proto-Germanic
- *teraną Proto-Germanic
- teran Old English
- atirer Old French
- tirer Old French
- tiri Esperanto
- zeran Old High German
- attither Norman
- tirer Middle French
- *𐍄𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍄𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- teran Old Saxon
- tera Old Frisian
- tire Haitian, Haitian Creole
- tiré Louisiana Creole French
- *tīr Parthian