verb/retɾaɡˈtaɾ/
to retract, to take back (one's words); to retract, to recant, to take back (one's words)
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.? Latin trahō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin tractō Late Latin retractārebor. Spanish retractar Borrowed from Late Latin retractāre. Doublet of retratar.